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Queen Christina

1934 · 99 min

A grand, romantic tragedy with a magnetic star performance, sweeping you into royal intrigue and forbidden love.

Tagline
Triumphant Return To The Screen!
Overview
Popular monarch Queen Christina of Sweden must choose between love and loyalty to her nation when she unexpectedly falls for a Spanish envoy.
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Tone
  • romanticstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • deception
  • power
  • identity
  • grief
Places
  • single country house
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour2
Realism7
Romance8
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
romance, history, drama
Directed by
Rouben Mamoulian
Written by
Rouben Mamoulian, H.M. Harwood, Salka Viertel, Claudine West
Starring
Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith, Lewis Stone, Elizabeth Young, C. Aubrey Smith, Reginald Owen, David Torrence
Cinematography
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Runtime
99 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Spanish

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