This is one of the few Garbo performances that hasn't dated badly.
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 affair with a Spanish official leads to her... 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
Reviews for Queen Christina
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.
We are left to regard Garbo's beauty and guess at her thoughts as she sails to a destiny only she can see.
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.
Greta Garbo so overpowers Queen Christina that it seems like there was no director involved at all.
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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