The read
Critics rate it 35 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
A Polish countess is dispatched by her country to become Napoleon Bonaparte's mistress at the urging of Polish leaders, who feel she might influence him to support Polish independence.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 35 points higher than audiences do.
23 audience votes
Key crew
- Clarence BrownDirector
- S. N. BehrmanWriter
- Samuel HoffensteinWriter
- Salka ViertelWriter
- Zoë AkinsWriter
- Talbot JenningsWriter
- Helen JeromeWriter
- Carey WilsonWriter
- Herbert StothartOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Greta GarboCountess Marie Walewska
- Charles BoyerEmperor Napoleon Bonaparte
- Reginald OwenTallyrand
- Alan MarshalCapt. d'Ornano
- Henry StephensonCount Anastas Walewski
- Leif EricksonPaul Lachinski
- May WhittyLaetitia Bonaparte
- Maria Ouspenskayala Comtesse Pelagia Walewska
- C. Henry Gordonle Prince Poniatowski
- Claude GillingwaterStephan
- Vladimir SokoloffDying soldier
- George HoustonGrand Marshal George Duroc
Stills
Themes
napoleon bonapartehistorical figure