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Queen Christina (1933)
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Release Date:
9 February 1934 (USA)
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Plot:
Queen Christina of Sweden is a dominant European ruler in the 17th century, and has never thought of romance...
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Cross Dressing
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Snowing
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1 nomination
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Garbo and Gilbert Together Again
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | 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 |
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Runtime:
99 min (Turner library print)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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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)
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Since John Gilbert was falling out of favor with the majors as a leading man, Greta Garbo was doing him a big favor by requesting him as the male lead. Unfortunately, the film did not help to re-establish Gilbert, and soon after he dropped out of pictures altogether.
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Goofs:
Continuity: Christina signs some reports, moves a stack to her right, then hands a stack to the treasurer. The first stack disappeared.
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Queen Christina:
One can feel nostalgia for places one has never seen.
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Featured in Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008) (TV)
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One of silent cinema's greatest pairings, Greta Garbo and John Gilbert starred together one last time in Queen Christina. Gilbert's career was in tatters by 1933 after a string on failures, and Laurence Olivier had already bailed from the role, but Garbo insisted on Gilbert. And he is wonderful as the Spanish envoy. He looks great and gives a sly performance with plenty of wit. This is also one of Garbo's best talkies. Together they light up the screen. This film also boasts some of the most gorgeous close ups of Garbo you've ever seen. Solid historical drama of Swedish queen who abdicates for love. Good supporting cast includes Lewis Stone, Reginald Owen, Akim Tamiroff, Ian Keith as the slimy Magnus, C. Aubrey Smith, Elizabeth Young, and David Torrence. Beautiful film with solid performances and, dare I say, very feminist in its view. Gilbert's performance in this film and Downstairs (1932) should have put him back on top. What a shame. Norma Desmond was right when she said, "They took the idols and they smashed them. The The Gilberts, the Fairbankses, the Valentinos."