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Queen Christina is a pre-Code Hollywood biographical film, produced for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1933 by Walter Wanger and directed by Rouben Mamoulian. It stars Swedish-born actress Greta Garbo and John Gilbert in their fourth and last film together.
A romantic drama starring Greta Garbo as Christina, a popular and dominant monarch who falls in love with a Spanish envoy. The film takes liberties with the real queen's life, but features a famous closing shot of Garbo at the prow of a ship.
- (8.7K)
- Biography, Drama, Romance
- Rouben Mamoulian
- 1934-02-09
A romantic comedy based on the life of Queen Christina, who ruled Sweden from childhood and refused to marry. Greta Garbo stars as the wise and peace-loving monarch who falls in love with a Spanish envoy, while facing political and religious conflicts.
- (26)
- Greta Garbo
- Rouben Mamoulian
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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- 2 min
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To escape the burdens of rule, Sweden's Queen Christina rides into the countryside disguised as a boy.Greta Garbo gives a luminous performance in this lavish costume drama.
A classic MGM film starring Greta Garbo as the 17th century ruler of Sweden, who abdicates her throne for love. The film features Garbo's iconic scenes, cross-dressing, lesbian subtext, and a passionate romance with John Gilbert.
Young Christina ascends to the Swedish throne at age 5. While she is queen, Sweden becomes a dominant European power at the end of the Thirty Years War. Like England's Elizabeth I, Christina (Greta Garbo) is pressured into a politically correct marriage (her cousin) but she falls in love with an...
