Movie
Queen Christina
Overview
Popular monarch Queen Christina of Sweden must choose between love and loyalty to her nation when she unexpectedly falls for a Spanish envoy.
Details
- Release date
- 1934-02-09
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Genres
- Romance, History, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Greta Garbo as Christina
- John Gilbert as Antonio
- Ian Keith as Magnus
- Lewis Stone as Oxenstierna
- Elizabeth Young as Ebba
- C. Aubrey Smith as Aage
- Reginald Owen as Charles
- David Torrence as Archbishop
- Gustav von Seyffertitz as The General
- Georges Renavent as French Ambassador
- Ferdinand Munier as Innkeeper
- Richard Alexander as Peasant in Crowd (uncredited)
Crew
- Rouben Mamoulian - Director
- Ben Hecht - Writer
- Salka Viertel - Screenplay
- H.M. Harwood - Screenplay
- Claudine West - Screenplay
- Rouben Mamoulian - Screenplay
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