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Queen Christina

Queen Christina

Romance · History · Drama · 1934

Popular monarch Queen Christina of Sweden must choose between love and loyalty to her nation when she unexpectedly falls for a Spanish envoy.

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Queen Christina

“Triumphant Return To The Screen!”

1934 Romance · History · Drama 1h 39m

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TMDB

6.9 / 10

Community rating

Popular monarch Queen Christina of Sweden must choose between love and loyalty to her nation when she unexpectedly falls for a Spanish envoy.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Rouben Mamoulian

Written by

H.M. Harwood · Salka Viertel · Margaret P. Levino · Rouben Mamoulian

Greta Garbo

Greta Garbo

Christina

John Gilbert

John Gilbert

Antonio

Ian Keith

Ian Keith

Magnus

Lewis Stone

Lewis Stone

Oxenstierna

Elizabeth Young

Elizabeth Young

Ebba

C. Aubrey Smith

C. Aubrey Smith

Aage

Reginald Owen

Reginald Owen

Charles

Court is in session

Put Queen Christina on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.