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Conquest (also called Marie Walewska) is a 1937 American historical-drama film directed by Clarence Brown and starring Greta Garbo, Charles Boyer, Reginald Owen. It was produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer .
Walewska was the subject of the 1914 Polish film Countess Walewska, directed by Aleksander Hertz. Her story is also told in a 1937 film Conquest, also known as Marie Walewska. Greta Garbo plays Marie Walewska to Charles Boyer's Napoleon. Boyer and art director Cedric Gibbons were both nominated for Academy Awards for the film.
Conquest (1937) – historical drama film telling the story of the Polish Countess Marie Walewska, who becomes the mistress of Napoleon to influence his actions towards her homeland [391] The Courier of Lyon (French: L'affaire du courrier de Lyon) (1937) – French historical drama film based on the Courrier de Lyon case of 1796 [392]
Walewska may refer to: Walewska Oliveira (1979–2023), Brazilian volleyball player; Małgorzata Walewska (born 1965), Polish opera singer; Marie Walewska (1786–1817), Polish noblewoman and a mistress of Napoleon; Marie-Anne Walewska (1823–1912), French courtier and a mistress of Napoleon III; Countess Walewska (1914 film), a Polish ...
They are watching the film Conquest about Napoleon, in particular a scene where he says goodbye to his mistress Marie Walewska. [1] A panning shot moves across the members of the platoon while they are watching; Walker putting his arm around a blonde girl, Jones looking dreamy, Frazer muttering "rubbish", Godfrey asleep, Pike sucking his thumb ...
Countess Walewska is a 1914 Polish historical film directed by Aleksander Hertz and starring Stefan Jaracz, Maria Dulęba and Bronisław Oranowski. [1] The film was made as a co-production with the French company Pathé Frères. It portrays the life of Maria Walewska the Polish-born mistress of the French Emperor Napoleon.
Marie Walewska, Polish noblewoman; Countess Walewska (1914 film), ... Countess Walewska (1920 film), a German silent historical film This page was last edited on ...
The film premiered in New York City on 21 February 1930, publicized with the catchphrase "Garbo talks!", and was the highest-grossing film of the year. [77] Her performance received positive reviews; Mordaunt Hall of The New York Times remarked that Garbo was "even more interesting through being heard than she was in her mute portrayals.