Queen Christina (film)
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| Directed by | Rouben Mamoulian |
| Produced by | Walter Wanger |
| Written by |
S. N. Behrman (dialogue) Ben Hecht |
| Screenplay by |
H. M. Harwood Salka Viertel |
| Story by |
Margaret P. Levino Salka Viertel |
| Starring |
Greta Garbo John Gilbert |
| Music by | Herbert Stothart |
| Cinematography | William H. Daniels |
| Edited by | Blanche Sewell |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time
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97 mins. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,114,000 |
| Box office | $2,887,285 |
Queen Christina is a pre-Code Hollywood biographical film, produced by 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 portrays the life of Queen Christina of Sweden who became monarch at the age of six in 1632 and grew to be a powerful and influential leader. As well as the demands of being a war-leader during the Thirty Year's War Queen Christina is expected to marry a suitable royal figure and produce an heir. However, she falls in love with a visiting Spanish envoy whom she is forbidden to marry as he is a Roman Catholic and must choose between love and her royal duty.
The film was a major commercial and critical success in the United States and worldwide.
The film was directed by Rouben Mamoulian in 1933, and written by H. M. Harwood and Salka Viertel, with dialogue by S. N. Behrman, based on a story by Salka Viertel and Margaret P. Levino. Leading roles are played by Greta Garbo and John Gilbert, whose career heavily declined with the rise of talkies. Garbo herself insisted on Gilbert as her co-star. It was the fourth and the last time they starred together in the same film. Queen Christina was billed as Garbo's return to cinema after an eighteen-month hiatus. Prior to the shooting, while on holiday in Sweden, the actress read a treatment by Salka Viertel about the life of Christina and became interested in the story. At the time of shooting the film, Garbo was 28, the age of her character.
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