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Queen Christina (1933)

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Reviews Counted: 12

Fresh: 12

Rotten:0

Average Rating: 8.3/10

Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Screen biography of Queen Christina of Sweden, who reigned during the 17th Century. Raised as a boy is preparation for her ascension to the throne, she abdicated her position years later after an... Screen biography of Queen Christina of Sweden, who reigned during the 17th Century. Raised as a boy is preparation for her ascension to the throne, she abdicated her position years later after an affair with a Spanish official leads to her downfall. [More]

Starring: Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith, Lewis Stone

Starring: Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith, Lewis Stone, C. Aubrey Smith, Reginald Owen, Georges Renavent, Gustav Von Seyffertitz

Director: Rouben Mamoulian

Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Producer: Walter Wanger
Composer: Herbert Stothart

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Sep 6, 2005

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  • To escape the burdens of rule, Sweden's Queen Christina rides into the countryside disguised as a boy. There she meets and secretly falls for a dashing Spanish envoy on his way to the royal court. Imagine the envoy's delighted surprise when he and the young "nobleman" must share a bed at an overcrowded inn.
  • Greta Garbo gives a luminous performance in this lavish costume drama, starring with her one-time off-screen fiance John Gilbert and directed by Rouben Mamoulian. "It had been so enchanting to be a woman, not a queen. Just a woman in a man's arms," Christina murmurs to her lover when her true identity is revealed. But she knows her people will not accept her marriage to a foreigner. Torn between her duty and her heart, she must make a fateful decision.
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    This is one of the few Garbo performances that hasn't dated badly.

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    10/16/07
    Dennis Schwartz
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    Rueben Mamoulian may have taken great liberty to change the historical facts to fit his film but it's a very entertaining one especially because Garbo is in every scene.

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    07/22/07
    Moira Sullivan
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    Worth it for pairing of Garbo and Gilbert alone.

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    01/28/06
    Mordaunt Hall
    New York Times
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    We are left to regard Garbo's beauty and guess at her thoughts as she sails to a destiny only she can see.

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    09/23/05
    Phil Villarreal
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    06/12/05
    Emanuel Levy
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    The whole is less than the sum of its parts, but it is of interest for four great scenes, one great closeup, and a homosexual subtext that was daring for its time.

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    Garbo's best picture. Top rung Mamoulian

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    Greta Garbo so overpowers Queen Christina that it seems like there was no director involved at all.

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    Jeffrey M. Anderson
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    Queen Christina (1933) is one of Greta Garbo's quintessential, most-remembered screen portrayals (and one of her finest films), with glowing scenes

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