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Conquest
Conquest
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Clarence Brown ; Gustav Machatý (uncredited)
Written by	S. N. Behrman; Salka Viertel; Samuel Hoffenstein ; Waclaw Gasiorowski (novel) ; Helen Jerome (dramatization) ; Talbot Jennings (uncredited)
Produced by	Bernard H. Hyman
Starring	Greta Garbo; Charles Boyer; Reginald Owen; Alan Marshal
Cinematography	Karl Freund
Edited by	Tom Held
Music by	Herbert Stothart
Production; company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	October 22, 1937
Running time	113 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2,732,000 US
Box office	$2,141,000

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Conquest (also called Marie Walewska) is a 1937 film which tells the story of the Polish Countess Marie Walewska, who becomes the mistress of Napoleon in order to influence his actions towards her homeland.^[2]^[3] It stars Greta Garbo, Charles Boyer, Reginald Owen, Alan Marshal, Henry Stephenson, Leif Erickson, Dame May Whitty, George Zucco, and Maria Ouspenskaya.

The movie was adapted by S. N. Behrman, Samuel Hoffenstein, Helen Jerome and Salka Viertel from the novel Pani Walewska by Waclaw Gasiorowski. It was directed by Clarence Brown and Gustav Machatý (uncredited).

It was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Charles Boyer) and Best Art Direction (Cedric Gibbons and William A. Horning).^[4]

Its worldwide gross amounted to $2,141,000. But its massive budget led to a loss of $1,397,000.

Plot

Napoleon Bonaparte (Charles Boyer) launches an unsuccessful seduction of the Countess Marie Walewska (Greta Garbo), who is married to a much older man ((Henry Stephenson), but she resists until convinced that giving in will save Poland. After her husband annuls their marriage and Napoleon divorces the Empress Josephine, the pair are free to formalize their happy relationship, but Napoleon shocks her by announcing his decision to wed the Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria for political reasons. While he doesn't expect it to impact his relationship with Marie, she leaves him, without ever telling him that she is expecting his child.

Cast

Greta Garbo as Countess Marie Walewska
Charles Boyer as Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte
Reginald Owen as Tallyrand
Alan Marshal as Captain d'Ornano
Henry Stephenson as Count Anastas Walewski
Leif Erickson as Paul Lachinski (as Leif Erikson)
Dame May Whitty as Maria Letizia Buonaparte
Maria Ouspenskaya as Countess Pelagia Walewska
C. Henry Gordon as Prince Poniatowski
Claude Gillingwater as Stephan (Marie's servant)
Vladimir Sokoloff as Dying soldier
George F. Houston as Grand Marshal George Duroc
Scotty Beckett as Alexandre Walewska
Oscar Apfel as Count Potocka
Betty Blythe as Princess Mirska
Stanley Andrews as Prince Mirska
Henry Kolker as Sen. Wybitcki
Mitchell Lewis as Beppo
Lois Meredith as Countess Potocka
Charles B. Middleton as Sergeant at Elba
Dennis O'Keefe as Jan Walewska
Robert Warwick as Capt. Laroux
Ian Wolfe as Prince Metternich

References

^ http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=97&category=Notes
^ Variety film review; October 27, 1937, page 18.
^ Harrison's Reports film review; November 13, 1937, page 183.
^ "NY Times: Winterset". NY Times. Retrieved 2008-12-09.

External links

[1] ttp://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=97&category=Notes

[2] Variety film review; October 27, 1937, page 18.

[3] Harrison's Reports film review; November 13, 1937, page 183.

[NY_Times-4] "NY Times: Winterset". NY Times. Retrieved 2008-12-09.

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 ==Plot==
-After a brief informal meeting two months earlier when they were impressed with each other, Countess Marie Walewska ([[Greta Garbo]]) formally meets Napoleon Bonaparte ([[Charles Boyer]]) at a ball in [[Warsaw]]. When Napoleon notes her husband, Count Walewski ([[Henry Stephenson]]), is three times her age, and as he is taken with her charms, he unsuccessfully tries to seduce her. She ignores his frequent letters and flowers until a few grim Polish leaders led by Senator Malachowski ([[George Zucco]]) urge her to give in to his desires as a personal sacrifice in order to save Poland. She goes to him despite the humiliation of her husband, who leaves for Rome to annul their marriage. They are extremely happy for a while; Napoleon divorces childless Empress Josephine and Marie eventually becomes pregnant. She is about to tell Napoleon about her baby when he tells her he decided to marry Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria. He explains it will be a political marriage to insure his future son could rule securely with Habsburg blood in him. It will not affect their relationship, he says, but Marie Walewska leaves to have her baby alone without telling Napoleon she is expecting his child.
+Napoleon Bonaparte ([[Charles Boyer]]) launches an unsuccessful seduction of the Countess Marie Walewska ([[Greta Garbo]]), who is married to a much older man (([[Henry Stephenson]]), but she resists until convinced that giving in will save Poland. After her husband annuls their marriage and Napoleon divorces the Empress Josephine, the pair are free to formalize their happy relationship, but Napoleon shocks her by announcing his decision to wed the Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria for political reasons. While he doesn't expect it to impact his relationship with Marie, she leaves him, without ever telling him that she is expecting his child.
 ==Cast==