by Tana Hobart
synopsis
A lavish costume production filled with big names, this movie was a box office flop of mega proportions - costing MGM more than any movie it had ever made. Garbo, Boyer and Ouspenskaya give excellent performances and the costuming and production are lavish, but it just cannot make up for the weak scripting in this familiar historical retelling of Polish countess Marie Walewska's efforts to persuade Napoleon to free Poland from Russia's tyranny.
characteristics
- Crowned Heads
- Romantic Betrayal
- War
- Political
- Polish [nationality]
- Politician
- Wealth
- Royalty
- Love
- Rich
- Infidelity
- Aristocrat
- Aristocracy
- Adultery
- Child
