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The Love Story of Marie Walewska - Conquest
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Title: Conquest

Release Date: 22 Oct 1937

Runtime: 1h 53m

Genre: History, Drama, Romance

Director: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Overview: A Polish countess is dispatched by her country to become Napoleon Bonaparte's mistress at the urging of Polish leaders, who feel she might influence him to support Polish independence.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.6 (21 votes)

Cast

  • Countess Marie Walewska: Greta Garbo
  • Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte: Charles Boyer
  • Tallyrand: Reginald Owen
  • Capt. d'Ornano: Alan Marshal
  • Count Anastas Walewski: Henry Stephenson
  • Paul Lachinski: Leif Erickson
  • Laetitia Bonaparte: May Whitty
  • la Comtesse Pelagia Walewska: Maria Ouspenskaya
  • le Prince Poniatowski: C. Henry Gordon
  • Stephan: Claude Gillingwater
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