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Queen Christina ()

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Queen Christina of Sweden is a popular monarch who is loyal to her country. However, when she falls in love with a Spanish envoy, she must choose between the throne and the man she loves.
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Christina
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Antonio
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Magnus
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Oxenstierna
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Ebba
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Aage
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Charles
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French Ambassador
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Archbishop
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General (as Gustav Von Seyffertitz)
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Innkeeper
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Peasant in Crowd (uncredited)
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Antonio's Companion in Coach (uncredited)
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Elsa (uncredited)
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Magnus' Rabble Rouser (uncredited)
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Blacksmith - 4th Rabble Rouser (uncredited)
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Christina as a Child (uncredited)
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Woman at Court when Antonio arrive at Christines Throne (uncredited)
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Barmaid at Inn (uncredited)
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Drinker Betting on 9 (uncredited)
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Bit part (uncredited)
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Nobleman (uncredited)
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Swedish Soldier Betting on 6 (uncredited)
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3rd Rabble Rouser (uncredited)
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Member of the Court at Abdication (uncredited)
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2nd Rabble Rouser (uncredited)
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Count Jacob (uncredited)
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Innkeeper's Wife (uncredited)
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Cook at the Inn (uncredited)
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King Gustavus Adolphus (uncredited)
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Pedro (uncredited)

Directed by

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Rouben Mamoulian

Written by

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H.M. Harwood ... (screen play) and
Salka Viertel ... (screen play)
 
Salka Viertel ... (from the original story by) and
Margaret P. Levino ... (from the original story by)
 
S.N. Behrman ... (dialogue)
 
Harvey Gates ... () (uncredited)
 
Ben Hecht ... () (uncredited)
 
Rouben Mamoulian ... () (uncredited)
 
Ernest Vajda ... () (uncredited)
 
Claudine West ... () (uncredited)

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Walter Wanger ... producer

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Herbert Stothart ... (musical score)

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William H. Daniels ... (photographed by) (as William Daniels)

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Blanche Sewell ... film editor

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Ben Piazza ... (uncredited)

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Edgar G. Ulmer ... (uncredited)

Art Direction by

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Alexander Toluboff

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Edwin B. Willis ... (interior decoration)

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Adrian ... (gowns)

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Charles Dorian ... assistant director (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Douglas Shearer ... recording director
Art Wilson ... sound mixer (uncredited)

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Harry Froboess ... stunts (uncredited)
Audrey Scott ... riding double: Greta Garbo (uncredited)

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Milton Brown ... still photographer (uncredited)

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Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

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Maurice De Packh ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Herbert Stothart ... conductor (uncredited)

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Fred Cavens ... stager: sword fight (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Queen Christina of Sweden is a dominant European ruler in the 17th century, and has never thought of romance. However, she accidentally and secretly falls in love with an emissary from Spain, even though a marriage between the two seems out of the question. Written by Ed Lorusso

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Also Known As
  • La reine Christine (France)
  • Königin Christine (Germany)
  • La reina Cristina de Suecia (Spain)
  • Dronning Christina (Denmark)
  • La reina Cristina (Mexico)
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  • 99 min
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Budget $1,114,000 (estimated)
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $1,843,000

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Trivia For the famous closing shot of Greta Garbo at the prow of the ship, director Rouben Mamoulian had wanted the camera to begin with a long shot, and then, in one unbroken take, gradually dolly in on a two-thirds closeup of Garbo's face, holding on her at the end of the shot. Unfortunately, with the camera's 48mm lens that close to the human face, pores tend to resemble craters on the surface of the moon. Borrowing on aspects of the magic lantern, Mamoulian devised a large, ruler-shaped, glass filter strip that was clear at one end, becoming increasingly more diffused along its length. With this glass filter mounted in front of the lens, as the camera moved in on Garbo, the glass strip was gradually drawn through the filter holder, beginning with the clear end, and ending with the diffused end (closeup), softening Garbo's facial features with more flattering results. See more »
Goofs Christina is depicted as loved by her people. The real Christina, however, was, by the end of her reign, unpopular due to her arbitrary and wasteful ways, and having her royal historian and his son executed for accusing her of serious misbehavior and being a Jezebel. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Catalogue of Ships (2008). See more »
Quotes Christina: I have been memorizing this room. In the future, in my memory, I shall live a great deal in this room.
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