Conquest (1937)

USA, 113 min
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Original title Conquest
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1938-02-08

Cast

Greta Garbo
grevinnan Marie Walewska

Charles Boyer
kejsar Napoleon Bonaparte

Reginald Owen
Tallyrand

Alan Marshal
kapten D'Ornano

Henry Stephenson
greve Walewski

Leif Erickson (as Leif Erikson)
Paul Lachinski

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Titles

Original title
  • Conquest
Swedish release title
  • Marie Walewska
Distribution title
  • Maria Walewska (Portugal/Storbritannien/Tyskland)
  • Gräfin Walewska (Österrike)
  • Kreivitär Walewska (Finland)
  • Walewska grófnő (Ungern)
  • Hraběnka Walewská (Tjeckoslovakien)
  • Marie Walewska (Frankrike/Nederländerna/Storbritannien)
  • Pani Walewska (Polen)
  • Мария Валевска (Ryssland)
  • Марија Валевска (Serbien)
  • Марія Валевска (Ukraina)
  • La conquista (Venezuela)
  • Madame Valewska (Brasilien)
  • Maria Walewska (Danmark/Grekland/Italien/Norge/Spanien)
Working title
  • Madame Walewska
  • Marie Walewska

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Still Photographer
Orchestration
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Stunt
Other Crew

Cast

Greta Garbo grevinnan Marie Walewska
Charles Boyer kejsar Napoleon Bonaparte
Reginald Owen Tallyrand
Alan Marshal kapten D'Ornano
Henry Stephenson greve Walewski
Leif Erickson (as Leif Erikson) Paul Lachinski
May Whitty (as Dame May Whitty) Laetitia Bonaparte
Maria Ouspenskaya grevinnan Pelagia Walewska
C. Henry Gordon prins Poniatowski
Claude Gillingwater Stephan, Maries betjänt
Vladimir Sokoloff en döende soldat
George Houston marskalk George Duroc
- Ej krediterade:
Scotty Beckett Alexandre Walewska
Henry Kolker senator Wybitski
Ivan Lebedeff kosackkapten
Bodil Rosing Anna, tjänstekvinna
Lois Meredith grevinnan Potocka
Oscar Apfel greve Potocka
Betty Blythe prinsessan Mirska
George Davis grenadjär
Dr. Farid den persiske ambassadören
Pasha Khan den persiske tolken
Carlos De Valdez (as Carlos de Valdez) den turkiske ambassadören
Roland Varno Staos
Robert Warwick kapten Laroux
Ian Wolfe prins Metternich
Jean Fenwick Maria Louisa
Rosina Galli Bianca, uppasserska
Ralf Harolde Lejeune
George Givot Constant
George Cowl greve Augustus Walewska
Winifred Harris grevinnan Augustus Walewska
Dennis O'Keefe (as Edward James Flanagan) Jan Walewska
Adia Kuznetzoff löjtnant Vladek, kosack
Francis McDonald kosack
Robert Graves hovmästare
Wilfred Lucas hovmästare
Albert Conti greve Wallenstein
John Picorri Frazzini
George Sorel andre grenadjären
Paul Sutton kosack
Yakima Canutt kosack
Norman Phillips Jr. polsk betjänt
Tom Herbert betjänt
Guy D'Ennery preussisk betjänt
Sidney Bracey polsk betjänt
Lee Phelps betjänt
Aileen Carlyle uppasserska
Sue Moore uppasserska
Kay Deslys polsk uppasserska
James A. Marcus polsk betjänt
Laura Treadwell änkenåd
Grace Goodall aristokrat på balen
Harry Cording sjöman på Elba
Christian J. Frank (as Chris Frank) fransk officer
Francisco Maran fransk officer
Alphonse Martell fransk officer
Ramsay Hill Bertrand
Fred Malatesta kypare
Cyril Thornton Napoleons sekreterare
Alexander Akimoff sångare
Arthur Belasco en man
Joseph E. Bernard en man
Ed Brady soldat
Henry Brandon stabsofficer
Horace G. Brown adelsman
Lane Chandler en man
D'Arcy Corrigan präst
Paul Fix soldat
Eddie Foster en man
Jac George orkesterledare
Ben Hall en man
Lew Harvey soldat
Shep Houghton palatsvakt
Olaf Hytten konspiratör
Mitchell Ingraham en man
Noble Johnson Roustan
Frank Lackteen soldat
Ethan Laidlaw en man
Mitchell Lewis Beppo
Frank McGlynn Jr. soldat
Charles Middleton sergeant på Elba
Art Miles en man
Louis Natheaux polisk officer
Paul Perry en man
Lee Prather greve Jeromanowski
Harry Semels en man
Philip Sleeman en man
Larry Steers aristokrat på balen
Ken Terrell en man
Jacques Vanaire soldat
Dorothy Vaughan värdshusvärdinna
Eric Wilton Cambronne
George Zucco senator Malachowski
Edward Peil Sr. en man

Companies

Production Company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. controlled by Loew's Inc.
Copyright Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation 1937-10-26 LP7547
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) AB Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1938
Other Company Trabert and Hoeffer Jewels Inc. Napoleons juveler
Mauboussin Napoleons juveler

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 57109
Date 1959-10-13
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 3050 meters
Notes Speltid: 111 minuter. Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.


Censorship number 57109
Date 1938-02
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 3080 meters
Notes Speltid: 113 minuter. Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Western Electric Recording
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 3104 meter
Length in minutes 113 min
Reels 12 reels


Original work

Original title Pani Walewska (Book)
Author Waclaw Gasiorowski


Original title Conquest (Play)
Author Helen Jerome


Production location

(127 inspelningdagar) 1937-03-03 1937-07-18
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, 10202 West Washington Boulevard Culver City, Kalifornien USA
Ice & Cold Storage Company, 400 South Central Avenue Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA (Napoleons reträtt från Moskva)
Point Lobos Monterey County, Kalifornien USA (Elba)
Clarence Brown Ranch, Las Virgenes Road Calabasas, Kalifornien USA
Seventeen Mile Drive, Kalifornien USA

Release dates

First showing 1937-10-22 USA 113 min
Other showing 1937-11-05 Capitol Theatre New York City, New York USA 113 min
Release in Sweden 1938-02-08 Palladium Stockholm Sweden 112 min
TV showing 1969-01-05 TV Sweden
1974-06-29 TV2 Sweden

Soundtrack listing

Original title Symfoni, nr 6, op. 74, h-moll
Composer Pjotr Tjajkovskij (1893)


Holdings Film

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Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 1


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 1


Holdings Scripts

Script type Cutting continuity
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Behind the scenes prints 3
Slides 2
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


Type Program folio


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