Watch: Judi Dench as Queen Victoria in first trailer to Victoria & Abdul

Focus Features has released a poster, promo still (of Judi Dench as Victoria), and the first trailer for Victoria & Abdul starring Dame Judi Dench, who reprises her Oscar Nominated Queen Victoria role from her Mrs. Brown film. The film also stars Adeel Akhtar, Simon Callow, Michael Gambon, Eddie Izzard, Ruth McCabe, Tim Pigott-Smith, Julian Wadham, Olivia Williams, and Fenella Woolgar.

Victoria & Abdul opens in select theaters on September 22nd and expands to more theaters on September 29th.

Watch the V&A trailer below...

(Source: Focus Features)

 Official Synopsis for Victoria & Abdul

The extraordinary true story of an unexpected friendship in the later years of Queen Victoria’s (Academy Award winner Judi Dench) remarkable rule. When Abdul Karim (Ali Fazal), a young clerk, travels from India to participate in the Queen’s Golden Jubilee, he is surprised to find favor with the Queen herself. As the Queen questions the constrictions of her long-held position, the two forge an unlikely and devoted alliance with a loyalty to one another that her household and inner circle all attempt to destroy. As the friendship deepens, the Queen begins to see a changing world through new eyes and joyfully reclaims her humanity.