Conquest (1937)

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(1680)

Country: USA
Genres: Drama, History, Romance
Release: 1937-10-22
Director: Clarence Brown
Writers: Waclaw Gasiorowski , S.N. Behrman , Samuel Hoffenstein , Helen Jerome
Language: English
Stars: Greta Garbo (1905–1990) , Charles Boyer (I) (1899–1978) , Reginald Owen (1887–1972) , Alan Marshal , Henry Stephenson (1871–1956) , Leif Erickson , Dame May Whitty (1865–1948) , Maria Ouspenskaya , C. Henry Gordon , Claude Gillingwater
Runtime: 113 min
Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. 3 wins & 2 nominations total
AKA: Seifuku (Japan) , Grofica Walewska , Kreivitär Walewska (Finland) , Maria Walewska (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Покорение , Walewska grófnő (Hungary) , Marie Walewska (Denmark) , Gräfin Walewska (Austria) , Maria Walewska (Greece) , Maria Walewska (Italy) , Maria Walewska (Belgium) , Maria Walewska , Contesa Walewska (Romania) , Maria Walewska (Austria) , Grofica Walewska (Slovenia) , Conquest (Canada) , Marie Walewska (Sweden) , O Romance de Madame Walewska (Brazil) , María Walewska (Argentina) , Hrabenka Walewská , Maria Walewska (Germany) , Madame Walewska (Brazil) , Maria Walewska (Norway) , Conquest , Maria Walewska (Ireland) , 征服 (Japan) , Marie Walewska (France, French Republic) , La conquista (Venezuela) , Pani Walewska (Poland) , Marie Walewska (Belgium) , Grofica Walewska (Croatia) , Conquest (United States of America) , Marie Walewska (Netherlands the) , Grofica Walewska , Maria Walewska (Spain) , Beloved (United States of America) , Marie Walewska (United Kingdom) , María Walewska (Mexico)
Plot: After a brief informal meeting two months earlier when they were impressed with each other, Countess Marie Walewska formally meets Napoleon Bonaparte at a ball in Warsaw. When Napoleon notes her husband 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 urge her to give into 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 Hapsburg 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.
IMDB:tt0028739