Conquest (1937 film)
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| Directed by |
Clarence Brown Gustav Machatý (uncredited) |
| Produced by | Bernard H. Hyman |
| Written by |
S. N. Behrman Salka Viertel Samuel Hoffenstein Waclaw Gasiorowski (novel) Helen Jerome (dramatization) Talbot Jennings (uncredited) |
| Starring |
Greta Garbo Charles Boyer Reginald Owen Alan Marshal |
| Music by | Herbert Stothart |
| Cinematography | Karl Freund |
| Edited by | Tom Held |
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| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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113 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2,732,000 US |
| Box office | $2,141,000 |
Conquest (also called Marie Walewska) is a 1937 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film which tells the story of the Polish Countess Marie Walewska, who becomes the mistress of Napoleon in order to influence his actions towards her homeland. It stars Greta Garbo, Charles Boyer, Reginald Owen, 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 Waclaw Gasiorowski. It was directed by Clarence Brown and Gustav Machatý (uncredited).
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.
Napoleon Bonaparte (Charles Boyer) launches an unsuccessful seduction of the Countess Marie Walewska (Greta Garbo), who is married to a much older man (Henry Stephenson), but she resists until convinced that giving in will save Poland. After her husband annuls their marriage and Napoleon divorces the Empress Josephine, the pair are free to formalize their happy relationship, but Napoleon shocks her by announcing his decision to wed the Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria for political reasons. While he doesn't expect it to impact his relationship with Marie, she leaves him, without ever telling him that she is expecting his child.
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