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Queen Christina

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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 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

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

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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
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    09/04/05
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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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    05/24/03
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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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    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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