Conquest
“The Love Story of Marie Walewska”
1937•NR•1h 53m•6.6•Released
HistoryDramaRomance
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.
Director
Clarence Brown
Writer
S. N. Behrman, Samuel Hoffenstein, Salka Viertel, Zoë Akins, Talbot Jennings, Helen Jerome, Carey Wilson
Languages
English
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
Greta Garbo
Countess Marie Walewska
Charles Boyer
Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte
Reginald Owen
Tallyrand
Alan Marshal
Capt. d'Ornano
Henry Stephenson
Count Anastas Walewski
Leif Erickson
Paul Lachinski
May Whitty
Laetitia Bonaparte
Maria Ouspenskaya
la Comtesse Pelagia Walewska
C. Henry Gordon
le Prince Poniatowski
Claude Gillingwater
Stephan
Vladimir Sokoloff
Dying soldier
George Houston
Grand Marshal George Duroc
George Davis
Grenadier (uncredited)
Sue Moore
Servant (uncredited)
Scotty Beckett
Alexandre Walewska (uncredited)
Production
Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Producer
Bernard H. Hyman
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