Summary
Conquest is an American romantic film drama first released in 1937,
directed by Clarence Brown and Gustav Machatư.
The film is based on a novel by Waclaw Gasiorowski and stars Greta Garbo, Charles Boyer, Reginald Owen, Alan Marshal and Henry Stephenson.
It has also been released under the title: Marie Walewska.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Clarence Brown, Gustav Machatư
- Script: S.N. Behrman, Waclaw Gasiorowski (novel), Samuel Hoffenstein, Talbot Jennings, Helen Jerome, Salka Viertel
- Photo: Karl Freund
- Music: Herbert Stothart
- Cast: 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), Dame May Whitty (Laetitia Bonaparte), Maria Ouspenskaya (Countess Pelagia Walewska), C. Henry Gordon (Prince Poniatowski), Claude Gillingwater (Stephan (Marie’s servant)), Vladimir Sokoloff (Dying soldier), George Houston (Grand Marshal George Duroc), Alexander Akimoff (Singer), Stanley Andrews (Prince Mirska), Oscar Apfel (Count Potocka), Scotty Beckett (Alexandre Walewska), Arthur Belasco (Bit), Joseph E. Bernard (Bit), Betty Blythe (Princess Mirska), Sidney Bracey (Polish servant), Ed Brady (Soldier), Henry Brandon (Staff officer), Horace G. Brown (Nobleman), Yakima Canutt (Cossack), Aileen Carlyle (Servant), Lane Chandler, Albert Conti (Count Wallenstein), Harry Cording (Cossack), D’Arcy Corrigan (Priest), George Cowl (Count Augustus Walewska), George Davis (Grenadier), Guy D’Ennery (Prussian servant), Kay Deslys (Polish servant), Carlos De Valdez (Turkish Ambassador), Dr. Farid (Persian Ambassador), Jean Fenwick (Maria Louisa), Paul Fix (Dump Soldier), Eddie Foster (Bit), Christian J. Frank (French Officer), Rosina Galli (Bianca (a servant)), Jack George (Orchestra leader), George Givot (Constant), Grace Goodall (Aristocrat at Ball), Robert Graves (Major Domo), Ben Hall (Bit), Ralf Harolde (Lejeune), Winifred Harris (Countess Augustus Walewska), Lew Harvey (Soldier), Tom Herbert (Servant), Ramsay Hill (Bertrand), Shep Houghton (Palace guard), Olaf Hytten (Conspirator), Mitchell Ingraham (Bit), Noble Johnson (Roustan), Pasha Khan (Persian interpreter), Henry Kolker (Sen. Wybitcki), Adia Kuznetzoff (Cossack Lt. Vladek), Frank Lackteen (Soldier), Ethan Laidlaw (Bit), Ivan Lebedeff (Cossack captain), Mitchell Lewis (Beppo), Wilfred Lucas (Major Domo), Fred Malatesta (Waiter), Francisco Marán (French Officer), James A. Marcus (Polish servant), Alphonse Martell (French Officer), Francis McDonald (Cossack), Frank McGlynn Jr. (Soldier), Lois Meredith (Countess Potocka), Charles Middleton (Sergeant at Elba), Art Miles (Bit), Sue Moore (Servant), Louis Natheaux (Polish Officer), Dennis O’Keefe (Jan Walewska), Paul Parry (Bit), Edward Peil Sr. (Bit), Lee Phelps (Servant), Norman Phillips Jr. (Polish servant), John Picorri (Frazzini), Lee Prather (Count Jeromanowski), Bodil Rosing (Anna (a servant)), Harry Semels (Bit), Philip Sleeman (Bit), George Sorel (Grenadier), Larry Steers (Aristocrat at ball), Paul Sutton (Cossack), Ken Terrell (Bit), Cyril Thornton (Napoleon’s Secretary), Laura Treadwell (Dowager), Jacques Vanaire (Soldier), Roland Varno (Staos), Dorothy Vaughan (Innkeeper), Robert Warwick (Capt. Laroux), Eric Wilton (Cambronne), Ian Wolfe (Prince Metternich), George Zucco (Sen. Malachowski)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 113 min; B&W
- Aka: Marie Walewska
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