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.
| Writing | Ruth Wolff | Novel |
| Sound | Marcus Dods | Conductor |
| Production | Al Burgess | Location Manager |
| Production | Danilo Sabatini | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Mario Pisani | Production Manager |
| Production | Laura Fattori | Production Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cecilia Drott | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Peter MacDonald | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Connie Willis | Continuity |
| Sound | Simon Kaye | Sound |
| Sound | Gordon K. McCallum | Sound |
| Sound | Chris Greennham | Sound Editor |
| Editing | Lesley Walker | Assistant Editor |
| Art | Peter Dukelow | Construction Manager |
| Art | Michael Redding | Construction Manager |
| Art | George Ball | Property Master |
| Production | Barbara Allen | Production Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Betty Adamson | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Austin Cooper | Wardrobe Master |
| Production | Maude Spector | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | George Frost | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Peter James | Set Dresser |
| Production | Arthur Tarry | Production Accountant |
| Production | Anne Ford | Production Secretary |
| Directing | Anthony Harvey | Director |
| Writing | Ruth Wolff | Screenplay |
| Production | James Cresson | Producer |
| Production | Robert Fryer | Producer |
| Production | William Hill | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Nino Rota | Music |
| Editing | John Bloom | Editor |
| Art | Terence Marsh | Production Design |
| Art | Alan Tomkins | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Peter J. Hall | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Colin Jamison | Hairdresser |
| Directing | David Munro | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Geoffrey Unsworth | Director of Photography |
