Release Date: Oct 22, 1937 Limited
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Conquest was released in England as Marie Waleska, the name of the real-life historical personage portrayed by Greta Garbo. The film begins in 1807, when Marie, a Polish countess, is dispatched by her country to meet with Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (Charles Boyer). Marie has been encouraged to press for Polish independence by whatever means possible--and though no one comes out and says as much, it is understood that she will offer herself sexually to the promiscuous Napoleon. She dutifully
Unrated, 1 hr. 53 min.
S.N. Behrman, Waclaw Gasiorowski, Samuel Hoffenstein, Salka Viertel, S. N. Behrman
Oct 22, 1937 Limited
Sep 22, 2006
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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Though not one of Grabo's best film, the historical romance about Napoleon and Polish Countess Walewska is made in the classy middlebrow mode of MGM in the 1930s. Boyer received his first Best Actor Oscar nomination.
61/100. This film was a failure at the box office and notable as being the film that started Greta Garbo's downfall in Hollywood. The production is superb. The costumes, art direction, cinematography and the score are all first rate. Greta Garbo is only fair, Charles Boyer overacts quite a bit as Napoleon, not one of
March 7, 2010after the success of camille, garbo was paired as marie walewska to charles boyer's napoleon. boyer was the victor in the film.
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