Thelma & Louise Thelma & Louise Thelma & Louise is a 1991 American road film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Callie Khouri. It stars Geena Davis as Thelma and Susan Sarandon as Louise, two friends who embark on a road trip with unforeseen consequences. The supporting cast include Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, and Brad Pitt in his first major film role. The film became a critical and commercial success, receiving six Academy Award nominations and winning for Best Original Screenplay. Scott was nominated for Best Director, and both Sarandon and Davis were nominated for Best Actress. At its release, the film
Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz French kept the "Prussian spirit" alive, her husband was cast as a "pathetically embarrassing" king who would rather have lived in peace than revenge himself on Napoleon. The character of Queen Louise was the popular subject of countless films released in German cinema. These included "Der Film von der Königin Luise" (1913), "Die elf schillschen Offiziere" (1926), and "Vivat – Königin Luise im Fichtelgebirge" (2005), "Luise – Königin der Herzen" (2010 documentary). She was played by Mady Christians in the 1927 silent film "Queen Louise", by Henny Porten in "Louise, Queen of Prussia" (1931) and by Ruth Leuwerik in the