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Conquest

  • 1937
  • Approved
  • 1h 53m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
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Charles Boyer and Greta Garbo in Conquest (1937)
A Polish countess becomes Napoleon Bonaparte's mistress at the urging of Polish leaders, who feel she could influence him to make Poland independent.
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A Polish countess becomes Napoleon Bonaparte's mistress at the urging of Polish leaders who feel she could influence him to make Poland independent.A Polish countess becomes Napoleon Bonaparte's mistress at the urging of Polish leaders who feel she could influence him to make Poland independent.A Polish countess becomes Napoleon Bonaparte's mistress at the urging of Polish leaders who feel she could influence him to make Poland independent.

  • Directors
    • Clarence Brown
    • Gustav Machatý
  • Writers
    • Waclaw Gasiorowski
    • Zoe Akins
    • S.N. Behrman
  • Stars
    • Greta Garbo
    • Charles Boyer
    • Reginald Owen
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    1.6K
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Clarence Brown
      • Gustav Machatý
    • Writers
      • Waclaw Gasiorowski
      • Zoe Akins
      • S.N. Behrman
    • Stars
      • Greta Garbo
      • Charles Boyer
      • Reginald Owen
    • 33User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 2 Oscars
      • 3 wins & 2 nominations total

    Videos2

    Official Trailer
    Trailer 4:04
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    Conquest Clip
    Clip 2:46
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    Photos48

    "The Conquest" Greta Garbo, Charles Boyer 1937 MGM
    Charles Boyer and Greta Garbo in Conquest (1937)
    Charles Boyer and Greta Garbo in Conquest (1937)
    Charles Boyer and Greta Garbo in Conquest (1937)
    Charles Boyer, Greta Garbo, and George Houston in Conquest (1937)
    Greta Garbo and Karl Freund in Conquest (1937)
    Greta Garbo and Clarence Brown in Conquest (1937)
    Greta Garbo in Conquest (1937)
    Charles Boyer in Conquest (1937)
    Greta Garbo in Conquest (1937)
    Charles Boyer and Greta Garbo in Conquest (1937)
    Charles Boyer and Maria Ouspenskaya in Conquest (1937)

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    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
    • (as Leif Erikson)
    May Whitty
    May Whitty
    • Laetitia Bonaparte
    • (as Dame May Whitty)
    Maria Ouspenskaya
    Maria Ouspenskaya
    • Countess Pelagia Walewska
    C. Henry Gordon
    C. Henry Gordon
    • Prince Poniatowski
    Claude Gillingwater
    Claude Gillingwater
    • Stephan (Marie's servant)
    Vladimir Sokoloff
    Vladimir Sokoloff
    • Dying soldier
    George Houston
    George Houston
    • Grand Marshal George Duroc
    Alex Akimoff
    • Singer
    • (uncredited)
    Stanley Andrews
    Stanley Andrews
    • Prince Mirska
    • (uncredited)
    Oscar Apfel
    Oscar Apfel
    • Count Potocka
    • (uncredited)
    Scotty Beckett
    Scotty Beckett
    • Alexandre Walewska
    • (uncredited)
    Arthur Belasco
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    Joseph E. Bernard
    Joseph E. Bernard
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • Clarence Brown
      • Gustav Machatý(uncredited)
    • Writers
      • Waclaw Gasiorowski
      • Zoe Akins(uncredited)
      • S.N. Behrman
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      This film lost more money for MGM than any other of its films during the period from 1920 to 1949.
    • Goofs
      It is widely believed but false that Napoleon started out as an enlisted man. He went to the French military academy and graduated a second lieutenant of artillery. At the Battle of Lodi, he performed the duties of a corporal despite being the French army commander, and so earned the nickname 'the little corporal'.
    • Quotes

      Countess Pelagia Walewska: Who are you?

      Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte: I am Napoleon!

      Countess Pelagia Walewska: Napoleon? Napoleon who?

      Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte: Hmm? Bonaparte!

      Countess Pelagia Walewska: Napoleon Bonaparte? What kind of name is that? What nationality are you?

      Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte: Corsican by birth. French by adoption. Emperor by achievement.

      Countess Pelagia Walewska: So, you are an Emperor, are you? What are you Emperor of?

      Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte: Emperor of France, madame.

      Countess Pelagia Walewska: Hee, hee, hee. So you are Emperor of France. And my very good friend, His Majesty, King Louis Sixteenth abdicated in your honor, I suppose?

      Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte: Well, he didn't know it at the time but in a sense he did, madame.

      Countess Pelagia Walewska: This house is getting to be a lunatic asylum.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Romance of Celluloid (1937)
    • Soundtracks
      1812 Overture
      (uncredited)

      Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    User reviews33

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    Featured review
    6/10
    When the film leaves Walewska behind to follow Napoleon, it drags.
    Ever since I first saw "Conquest" back in '38, I've been convinced that the first half of the film is a magnificent production, while the second half is terribly slow,as Clarence Brown's films always tended to be. The magnificent opening, with the cossacks invading the Walewski Palace, is typical of the best Clarence Brown, even if reminds you of Josef von Sternberg's "The Scarlet Empress". The trouble with the picture is that it starts telling the story or Marie Walewska, and in the middle leaves Walewska (and Garbo!) behind to tell us the political and military fall of Napoleon, which it does very badly. It is typical of this Garbo film, that its best scene omits her, and is a verbal duel between Charles Boyer and Maria Ouspenskaya. Garbo is magnificent, but Boyer was a more talented performer, and is the only actor ever to "steal" a picture from her. Magnificent production, a screen play that has no unity, and a direction that drags, conspire to make you admire Garbo, Boyer and Ouspenskaya during the first half, and sleep through the second.
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    4
    • piapia
    • Jul 12, 1999

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    • Release date
      • October 22, 1937 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Beloved
    • Filming locations
      • Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, California, USA(Island of Elba)
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    • Budget
      • $2,732,000 (estimated)
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 53 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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