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Queen Christina
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Queen Christina is a black-and-white American biographical drama and romance film from the Pre-Code Hollywood era, directed by Rouben Mamoulian and produced by Walter Wanger for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It stars Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith and Lewis Stone in a story set in Sweden, with a screenplay by Ben Hecht, Salka Viertel and S. N. Behrman, cinematography by William H. Daniels, editing by Blanche Sewell, music by Herbert Stothart, production design by Stephen Goosson and costumes by Adrian.
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Netflix, the film had a budget of $1,114,000 and earned $2,610,000.
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6.9Popular monarch Queen Christina of Sweden must choose between love and loyalty to her nation when she unexpectedly falls for a Spanish envoy.
Cast
- Greta Garbo as Christina
- John Gilbert as Antonio
- Ian Keith as Magnus
- Lewis Stone as Oxenstierna
- Elizabeth Young as Ebba
- C. Aubrey Smith as Aage
Themes
- ambassador
- peace
- queen
- sweden
- forbidden love
- duty
- biography
- mobster
- female protagonist
- royal court
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Rouben Mamoulian
- Written by
- S. N. Behrman (dialogue)
- Screenplay by
- H. M. Harwood , Salka Viertel
- Story by
- Salka Viertel , Margaret P. Levino
- Produced by
- Walter Wanger
- Starring
- Greta Garbo , John Gilbert
- Cinematography
- William H. Daniels
- Edited by
- Blanche Sewell
- Music by
- Herbert Stothart
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Distributed by
- Loew's, Inc.
- Release date
- December 26, 1933 ( 1933-12-26 )
- Running time
- 99 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $1,114,000
- Box office
- $2,887,285
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- LGBTQ-related film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Movement
- Pre-Code Hollywood
- Director
- Rouben Mamoulian
- Screenwriter
- S. N. Behrman
- Cast member
- C. Montague Shaw
- Composer
- Herbert Stothart
- Producer
- Walter Wanger
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cinematographer
- William H. Daniels
- Narrative location
- Sweden
- Duration
- 97
- FilmAffinity ID
- 841197
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Poster - Queen Christina 02 Crisco restoration.jpg
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- Commons category
- Queen Christina (film)
- publication date
- 1933-01-01
- film editor
- Blanche Sewell
- title
- Queen Christina
- color
- black-and-white
- production designer
- Stephen Goosson
- distributed by
- Netflix
- costume designer
- Adrian
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 81%
- characters
- Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
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Encyclopedic overview
Queen Christina is a pre-Code Hollywood biographical film, produced for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1933 by Walter Wanger and directed by Rouben Mamoulian. It stars Swedish-born actress Greta Garbo and John Gilbert in their fourth and last film together.
The film was a major commercial and critical success in the United States and worldwide.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Queen Christina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.