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Marie Antoinette

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Original title

Marie Antoinette

Year

1938

Running time

149 min.

Country

United States

Director

W.S. Van Dyke

Screenwriter

Donald Ogden Stewart, Ernest Vajda, Claudine West. Novel: Stefan Zweig

Cast

Music

Herbert Stothart

Cinematography

William H. Daniels, George J. Folsey, Leonard Smith (B&W)

Producer

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Genre

Drama | Costume Drama. Biography. Historical. French Revolution. 18th Century

Movie Groups

Stefan Zweig Adaptations

Synopsis

The life of Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) from betrothal and marriage in 1770 to her beheading. At first, she's a Hapsburg teenager isolated in France, living a virgin's life in the household of the Dauphin, a shy solitary man who would like to be a locksmith. Marie discovers high society, with the help of Orleans and her brothers-in-law. Her foolishness is at its height when she meets a Swedish count, Axel de Fersen. He helps her see her fecklessness. In the second half of the film, she avoids an annulment, becomes queen, bears children, and is a responsible ruler. The affair of the necklace and the general poverty of France feed revolution. She faces death with dignity.

Academy Awards: 4 Nominations: Actress (Norma Shearer), Actor in a Supporting Role (Robert Morley), Art Direction and Best Music, Original Score.

Awards: 1938: 4 Nominations for Oscar: Actress (Shearer), OST, Art Direction, Supporting Actor (Morley)

1938: Venice: Best Actress (Norma Shearer)

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Marie Antoinette

1938

W.S. Van Dyke

6.6

(293)