Intrigue with the Royals Next Installment of Lake's Monthly Film Series

A secret affair between a young queen and the physician of her insane husband and its impact on Danish history will be the next offering of the Tuesday film series at the Lake Theater, 1022 Lake St.

This month's selection, A Royal Affair will be presented at noon and 7 p.m. Tickets are $6 for matinees and seniors and $8.50 for the evening performance.

Set in 18th century Denmark, A Royal Affair takes place at the court of the mentally ill King Christian VII of Denmark. The film focuses on the romance between the queen and the king's royal physician Struensee, who wound up the power behind the throne at a critical moment in that nation's history.

The film stars Mads Mikkelsen as Johann Friedrich Struensee, Alicia Vikander as Caroline Mathilde and Mikkel Følsgaard as Christian VII.

A nominee for best foreign language film at the 70th Golden Globes, the movie received two awards at this year's Berlin International Film Festival.

The film is Denmark's official entry in the contest for the Best Foreign Film Oscar. The five finalists for this award will be named later this month.

The Lake regularly presents an art, foreign, documentary, specialty movie on the first Tuesday. This month it is being shown on the second Tuesday because of New Year's Day.