Koningin Christina van Zweden doet afstand van de troon om zich tot het katholicisme te bekeren. Ze reist naar Rome, waar ze kardinaal Azzolino ontmoet. Ze krijgt steeds meer waardering voor deze man en uiteindelijk wordt ze op hem verliefd.
Nee, helaas is The Abdication nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Editing | Lesley Walker | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Al Burgess | Location Manager |
| Art | Peter Dukelow | Construction Manager |
| Art | Michael Redding | Construction Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | George Frost | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Connie Willis | Continuity |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cecilia Drott | Makeup Artist |
| Art | George Ball | Property Master |
| Art | Peter James | Set Dresser |
| Production | Laura Fattori | Production Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Betty Adamson | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Austin Cooper | Wardrobe Master |
| Production | Arthur Tarry | Production Accountant |
| Production | Anne Ford | Production Secretary |
| Sound | Marcus Dods | Conductor |
| Production | Mario Pisani | Production Manager |
| Sound | Simon Kaye | Sound |
| Production | Barbara Allen | Production Assistant |
| Production | Danilo Sabatini | Production Supervisor |
| Camera | Peter MacDonald | Camera Operator |
| Writing | Ruth Wolff | Novel |
| Sound | Gordon K. McCallum | Sound |
| Sound | Chris Greennham | Sound Editor |
| Production | Maude Spector | Casting |
| Directing | Anthony Harvey | Director |
| Art | Alan Tomkins | Art Direction |
| Production | William Hill | Associate Producer |
| Directing | David Munro | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Nino Rota | Music |
| Costume & Make-Up | Peter J. Hall | Costume Design |
| Writing | Ruth Wolff | Screenplay |
| Production | James Cresson | Producer |
| Art | Terence Marsh | Production Design |
| Editing | John Bloom | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Colin Jamison | Hairdresser |
| Production | Robert Fryer | Producer |
| Camera | Geoffrey Unsworth | Director of Photography |
