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