Conquest

Conquest

The Love Story of Marie Walewska

1937•1h 53m•6.6/10

HistoryDramaRomance

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.6/10(23)

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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Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Greta Garbo

Greta Garbo

Countess Marie Walewska

Charles Boyer

Charles Boyer

Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte

Reginald Owen

Reginald Owen

Tallyrand

Alan Marshal

Alan Marshal

Capt. d'Ornano

Henry Stephenson

Henry Stephenson

Count Anastas Walewski

Leif Erickson

Leif Erickson

Paul Lachinski

May Whitty

May Whitty

Laetitia Bonaparte

Maria Ouspenskaya

Maria Ouspenskaya

la Comtesse Pelagia Walewska

C. Henry Gordon

C. Henry Gordon

le Prince Poniatowski

Claude Gillingwater

Claude Gillingwater

Stephan

Vladimir Sokoloff

Vladimir Sokoloff

Dying soldier

George Houston

George Houston

Grand Marshal George Duroc

George Davis

George Davis

Grenadier (uncredited)

Sue Moore

Servant (uncredited)

Scotty Beckett

Scotty Beckett

Alexandre Walewska (uncredited)

Winifred Harris

Winifred Harris

Countess Augustus Walewska

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