Conquest
“The Love Story of Marie Walewska”
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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Cast
16 people
Greta Garbo
Countess Marie Walewska
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Charles Boyer
Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte
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Reginald Owen
Tallyrand
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Alan Marshal
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Henry Stephenson
Count Anastas Walewski
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Leif Erickson
Paul Lachinski
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May Whitty
Laetitia Bonaparte
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Maria Ouspenskaya
la Comtesse Pelagia Walewska
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C. Henry Gordon
le Prince Poniatowski
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Mata Hari
Claude Gillingwater
Stephan
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Vladimir Sokoloff
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George Houston
Grand Marshal George Duroc
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Clarence Brown Director · Samuel Hoffenstein Writer S. N. Behrman Writer
Worldwide gross $2.1M · Budget $2.7M · United States release October 22, 1937
Box office
Budget
$2,732,000
Worldwide gross
$2,141,000
Gross vs. budget
0.8×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 22, 1937
Theatrical
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