Stephen Frears´s VICTORIA & ABDUL Trailer Experience the first VICTORIA & ABDUL trailer! The film, directed by Stephen Frears (Philomena, The Queen), stars Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Olivia Williams, Michael Gambon, and Michael Gambon. VICTORIA & ABDUL will be released in theaters on September 22. Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.