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Conquest (1937)

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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.

Drama, Romance

Directed By: Clarence Brown

Written By: S.N. Behrman, Waclaw Gasiorowski, Samuel Hoffenstein, Salka Viertel, S. N. Behrman

In Theaters: Oct 22, 1937 Limited

On DVD: Sep 22, 2006

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

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Greta Garbo
Marie Walewska
Charles Boyer
Napoleon
Reginald Owen
Talleyrand
Alan Marshal
Capt. D'Ornano
Henry Stephenson
Count Walewska
Leif Erickson
Paul Lachinski
Dame May Whitty
Laetitia Bonaparte
Maria Ouspenskaya
Countess Pelagia
George Houston
Marshal Duroc
Noble Johnson
Roustan
Henry Kolker
Senator Wybitcki
Ivan Lebedeff
Cossack Captain
Lois Meredith
Countess Potocka
Oscar Apfel
Count Potocka
George Davis
Grenadier
Carlos De Valdez
Turkish Ambassador
Roland Varno
Staos
Robert Warwick
Capt. Laroux
Jean Fenwick
Maria Louisa
Rosina Galli
Bianca
Vladimir Sokoloff
Dying Soldier
Scotty Beckett
Alexandre
Betty Blythe
Princess Mirska
Claude Gillingwater
Stephan
C. Henry Gordon
Prince Poniatowski
Ralf Harolde
Lejeune
George Zucco
Senator Malachowski
Alan Marshal Henry Stephe...

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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.

July 21, 2010 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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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, 2010