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Features: DVD, Pan and Scan (TV Format), English, French, Spanish, Subtitled
To escape the burdens of rule, Sweden's Queen Christina rides into the countryside disguised as a boy. There she meets and secretly falls for a dashing Spanish envoy on his way to the royal court. Imagine the envoy's delighted surprise when he and the young "nobleman" must share a bed at an overcrowded inn. Greta Garbo gives a luminous performance in this lavish costume drama, starring with her one-time off-screen fiance John Gilbert and directed by Rouben Mamoulian. "It had been so enchanting to be a woman, not a queen. Just a woman in a man's arms," Christina murmurs to her lover when her true identity is revealed. But she knows her people will not accept her marriage to a foreigner. Torn between her duty and her heart, she must make a fateful decision.
"Garbo's best picture..." Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Editor's Note
Queen Christina of Sweden shocked all of Europe by abdicating herself from the throne for her true love.
Plot Summary
Screen biography of Queen Christina of Sweden, who reigned during the 17th Century. Raised as a boy is preparation for her ascension to the throne, she abdicated her position years later after an affair with a Spanish official leads to her downfall.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital Mono | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Theatrical Trailer |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 9/6/2005 |
| Running Time: 99 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1933 | | Catalog ID: 67387 | | UPC: 00012569673878 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: B&W |
Aspect Ratio | | Standard 1.33:1 [4:3] |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Venice Film Festival (1934) | | | Rouben Mamoulian, Nominee, Mussolini Cup |
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| | Professional Reviews | USA Today
"...This is Garbo's best film....The final shot, still a killer, is an emotional near-equal of Chaplin's fadeout in CITY LIGHTS..." 04/27/1990 p.3D |
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