Marie Antoinette (1938)

Directed by

Julien Duvivier, W. S. Van Dyke

Genre

drama film, biographical film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 25m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 37 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film tells the story of Marie Antoinette, the young Austrian princess who becomes the Queen of France. It follows her life from her arrival at the French court through her marriage to King Louis XVI and the coming of the French Revolution.

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What happens

Marie Antoinette is a 1938 American historical drama film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starred Norma Shearer as Marie Antoinette. Based upon the 1932 biography of the ill-fated Queen of France by the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, it had its Los Angeles premiere at the legendary Carthay Circle Theatre, where the landscaping was specially decorated for the event. The film was the last project of Irving Thalberg who died in 1936 while it was in the planning stage. His widow, Norma Shearer, remained committed to the project even while her enthusiasm for her film career in general was waning following his death. With a budget over two million dollars, it was one of the more expensive films of the 1930s, but also one of the bigger successes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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