Marie Antoinette
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.
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Biography, Drama, History
1938
149 min
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Movie Info:
- Full Name : Marie Antoinette
- Duration : 149 min
- Languages : English
- Writers : Claudine West (screen play), Donald Ogden Stewart (screen play), Ernest Vajda (screen play), Stefan Zweig (based in part on the book by)
- Directors : W.S. Van Dyke, Julien Duvivier min
- Imdb : 7.6 (1988 votes)
- Tomatoes : 3.8 (2150 votes)
- Actors : Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power, John Barrymore, Robert Morley
Movie Storyline
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.