Queen Christina
1933 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Young Christina ascends to the Swedish throne at age 5. While she is queen, Sweden becomes a dominant European power at the end of the Thirty Years War. Like England's Elizabeth I, Christina (Greta Garbo) is pressured into a politically correct marriage (her cousin) but she falls in love with an emissary from Spain (John Gilbert). As with her English counterpart, religion becomes a focal point with Protestant Sweden aghast that their queen could marry a Catholic.
Direction Rouben Mamoulian
Cast Greta Garbo · John Gilbert · Ian Keith · Lewis Stone · Elizabeth Young · C. Aubrey Smith · Reginald Owen · Georges Renavent · David Torrence · Gustav von Seyffertitz · Ferdinand Munier · Akim Tamiroff
Soundtrack Herbert Stothart
Screenplay Salka Viertel · S.N. Behrman · H.M. Harwood
Cinematography William H. Daniels
Original title Queen Christina
7.6
2K votes (FilmAffinity)
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