Conquest (1937)
Conquest (1937)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Greta Garbo
Countess Marie Walewska
Charles Boyer
Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte
Reginald Owen
Tallyrand
Alan Marshal
Capt. d'Ornano
Henry Stephenson
Count Anastas Walewski
Leif Erickson
Paul Lachinski
May Whitty
Laetitia Bonaparte
Maria Ouspenskaya
la Comtesse Pelagia Walewska
C. Henry Gordon
le Prince Poniatowski
Claude Gillingwater
Stephan
Vladimir Sokoloff
Dying soldier
George Houston
Grand Marshal George Duroc
George Davis
Grenadier (uncredited)
Sue Moore
Servant (uncredited)
Scotty Beckett
Alexandre Walewska (uncredited)
Clarence Brown
Director
William A. Horning
Art Direction
Salka Viertel
Writer
Bernard H. Hyman
Producer
Tom Held
Editor
Adrian
Costume Design
Samuel Hoffenstein
Writer
Waclaw Gasiorowski
Novel
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
S. N. Behrman
Writer
Karl Freund
Director of Photography
Gustav Machatý
Co-Director
Leo Arnaud
Orchestrator
William Grimes
Still Photographer
Zoe Akins
Writer
Talbot Jennings
Writer
George Bassman
Orchestrator
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 22, 1937
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 53m
Content RatingNR
Filming LocationsFinckenstein Palace in Kamieniec, Poland
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This Movie Is About.
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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. It tells the story of the Polish Countess Marie Walewska, who becomes the mistress of Napoleon in order to influence his actions towards her homeland. The supporting cast includes Alan Marshal, Henry Stephenson, Leif Erickson, Dame May Whitty, George Zucco, and Maria Ouspenskaya.
The movie was adapted by S.N. Behrman, Samuel Hoffenstein, Helen Jerome and Salka Viertel from the novel Pani Walewska by Wacław Gąsiorowski. An uncredited Gustav Machatý took over some of the direction. It was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Charles Boyer) and Best Art Direction (Cedric Gibbons and William A. Horning).
Its worldwide gross amounted to $2,141,000, but its massive budget led to a loss of $1,397,000.
MGM initially advertised the upcoming release of the film under the title Marie Walewska, but at the last moment changed the title to the more marketable Conquest when the movie arrived in theaters.
The Dad's Army episode "A Soldier's Farewell" starts with the platoon in the cinema watching this film.