Conquest

Conquest

113 mins | Drama, Romance, History | Oct. 22, 1937

A polish countess dispatched by her country to become Napoleon Bonaparte's mistress at the urging of Polish leaders, who feel she might influence him to make Poland independent.

Conquest

113 mins | Drama, Romance, History | Oct. 22, 1937

Conquest
A polish countess dispatched by her country to become Napoleon Bonaparte's mistress at the urging of Polish leaders, who feel she might influence him to make Poland independent.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Conquest
Directors Gustav Machatý, Clarence Brown
Writers Helen Jerome, Waclaw Gasiorowski, Zoe Akins, Salka Viertel, Carey Wilson, Talbot Jennings, S. N. Behrman, Samuel Hoffenstein

Cast

Greta Garbo

as Countess Marie Walewska

Charles Boyer

as Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte

Reginald Owen

as Tallyrand

Alan Marshal

as Capt. d'Ornano

Henry Stephenson

as Count Anastas Walewski

Leif Erickson

as Paul Lachinski

May Whitty

as Laetitia Bonaparte

Maria Ouspenskaya

as la Comtesse Pelagia Walewska

C. Henry Gordon

as le Prince Poniatowski

Claude Gillingwater

as Stephan

Vladimir Sokoloff

as Dying soldier

George Houston

as Grand Marshal George Duroc

George Davis

as Grenadier (uncredited)

Sue Moore

as Servant (uncredited)