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Overview

User Rating:
7.9/10   2,778 votes
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Director:
Writers:
H.M. Harwood (screenplay) and
Salka Viertel (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
9 February 1934 (USA) more
Plot:
Queen Christina of Sweden is a dominant European ruler in the 17th century, and has never thought of romance... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
Queen Christina d: Rouben Mamoulian
 (From Alternative Film Guide. 14 April 2009, 1:20 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
Nobility and Magnificence more (46 total)

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

Greta Garbo ... Queen Christina

John Gilbert ... Antonio
Ian Keith ... Magnus
Lewis Stone ... Oxenstierna
Elizabeth Young ... Ebba
C. Aubrey Smith ... Aage
Reginald Owen ... Charles
Georges Renavent ... French Ambassador
David Torrence ... Archbishop
Gustav von Seyffertitz ... General (as Gustav Von Seyffertitz)
Ferdinand Munier ... Innkeeper
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Richard Alexander ... Peasant in Crowd (uncredited)
Hooper Atchley ... Antonio's Companion in Coach (uncredited)
Barbara Barondess ... Elsa (uncredited)
Wade Boteler ... Magnus' Rabble Rouser (uncredited)
James Burke ... Blacksmith - 4th Rabble Rouser (uncredited)
Cora Sue Collins ... Christina as a Child (uncredited)
Muriel Evans ... Barmaid at Inn (uncredited)
Edward Gargan ... Drinker Betting on 9 (uncredited)
Sam Harris ... Nobleman (uncredited)
Paul Hurst ... Swedish Soldier Betting on 6 (uncredited)
Gladden James ... 3rd Rabble Rouser (uncredited)
Fred Kohler ... Member of the Court at Abdication (uncredited)
Frank McGlynn Jr. ... 2nd Rabble Rouser (uncredited)
Edward Norris ... Count Jacob (uncredited)
Bodil Rosing ... Innkeeper's Wife (uncredited)
Tiny Sandford ... Cook at the Inn (uncredited)
C. Montague Shaw ... King Gustavus Adolphus (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Akim Tamiroff ... Pedro (uncredited)
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Directed by
Rouben Mamoulian 
 
Writing credits
H.M. Harwood (screenplay) and
Salka Viertel (screenplay)

Salka Viertel (original story) and
Margaret P. Levino (original story)

S.N. Behrman (dialogue)

Ben Hecht  uncredited

Produced by
Walter Wanger .... producer
 
Original Music by
Herbert Stothart (musical score)
 
Cinematography by
William H. Daniels  (as William Daniels)
 
Film Editing by
Blanche Sewell 
 
Production Design by
Edgar G. Ulmer (uncredited)
 
Art Direction by
Alexander Toluboff 
 
Costume Design by
Adrian (gowns)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Charles Dorian .... assistant director (uncredited)
 
Art Department
Edwin B. Willis .... interior decorator
 
Sound Department
Douglas Shearer .... recording director
Art Wilson .... sound mixer (uncredited)
 
Stunts
Harry Froboess .... stunts (uncredited)
Audrey Scott .... riding double: Greta Garbo (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Milton Brown .... still photographer (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Maurice De Packh .... orchestrator (uncredited)
Herbert Stothart .... conductor (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Fred Cavens .... stager: sword fight (uncredited)
 
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Königin Christine (Austria) (Germany) [de]
Christina (Sweden) [sv]
Dronning Christina (Denmark) [da]
Drottning Kristina (Sweden) [sv]
Ha-Malka Christina (Israel: Hebrew title) [iw]
Kuningatar Kristiina (Finland) [fi]
La regina Cristina (Italy) [it]
La reina Cristina (Venezuela) [es]
La reina Cristina de Suecia (Spain) [es]
La reine Christine (Belgium: French title) [fr]
Raínha Cristina (Portugal) [pt]
Rainha Christina (Brazil) [pt]
Rainha Cristina (Brazil) [pt]
Vasilissa Hristina (Greece) [el]
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Runtime:
99 min (Turner library print)
Country:
Language:
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Australia:G (TV rating) | Sweden:11 (re-rating) (1964) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | Australia:PG | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved | UK:U (re-rating) (2005) (uncut) | UK:U (re-rating) (2005)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Lawrence Grant is in studio records/casting call lists as a cast member, but he did not appear or was not identifiable in the movie. C. Henry Gordon was announced as a cast member, and Edward Cooper was listed as a cast member in a contemporary Hollywood Reporter news item, but neither appeared to be in the film. However, recognition of actors was difficult because of period makeup. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Christina's musket pistol did not make a cloud of smoke. more
Quotes:
Antonio: There's a mystery in you.
Queen Christina: Is there not in every human being?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Titanic (1997) more

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11 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
Nobility and Magnificence, 19 June 2002
10/10
Author: d1494 from San Francisco

Garbo is nothing less than magnificent as Queen Christina, speaking her lines with the power of a Luther or Mark Antony. This film is stunning and a revelation. Lewis Stone and C.Aubrey Smith play her stalwart supporters with their usual competence. The beautiful direction of Mamoulian gives us the memory of the unforgettable visage of Garbo, transcending by far the saccharine looks of most of the modern imposters called stars.Feeling? This movie has it in spades. A crowning achievement in cinema, an unforgettable film.

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