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Marie Antoinette ()

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The tragic life of Marie Antoinette, who became queen of France in her late teens.
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  • Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination.
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Marie Antoinette
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Count Axel de Fersen
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King Louis XV
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King Louis XVI
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Princesse de Lamballe
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Duke d'Orléans
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Mme. du Barry
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Count de Mercey
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Countess de Noailles
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Prince de Rohan
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Comte d'Artois
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La Motte
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Toulan
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Comte de Provence (as Albert Van Dekker)
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Empress Maria Theresa
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Drouet
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Robespierre
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The Dauphin
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Princesse Thérèse
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Passport Official (uncredited)
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Man with Pike (uncredited)
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Rabblerouser (uncredited)
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Nobleman at Court (uncredited)
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Girl (uncredited)
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Municipal Taking the Young Dauphin (uncredited)
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Citizen-Officer (uncredited)
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Townsman at Execution (uncredited)
Thomas Braidon ...
Lackey (uncredited)
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Official in Passport Office (uncredited)
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Gamin (uncredited)
John Burton ...
Lafayette (uncredited)
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Mme. La Motte (uncredited)
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Second Municipal Taking the Young Dauphin (uncredited)
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Lemonade Vendor (uncredited)
David Cavendish ...
Beauregard (uncredited)
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Revolutionary Officer (uncredited)
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Lady in Waiting to Madame Du Barry (uncredited)
Ocean Claypool ...
Woman in Gaming House (uncredited)
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Man in Gaming House (uncredited)
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Executioner (uncredited)
Earl Covert ...
Singer in Death Chant (uncredited)
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Citizen at Tribunal (uncredited)
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Danton (uncredited)
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Mme. 'Feldy' de Lerchenfeld (uncredited)
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Minister at King's Council (uncredited)
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Toulon (uncredited)
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Monsieur de Cosse (uncredited)
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Archbishop (uncredited)
Vernon Downing ...
Man in Gaming House (uncredited)
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Woman Yelling at Rabblerouser (uncredited)
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King's Chamberlain (uncredited)
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Man with Goblet (uncredited)
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Old Aristocrat at Opera (uncredited)
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Woman in Gaming House (uncredited)
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Soldier (uncredited)
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Peddler (uncredited)
Neil Fitzgerald ...
First Councilor (uncredited)
Jack George ...
Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
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Dowager (uncredited)
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Woman in Gaming House (uncredited)
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Old Nobleman at Birth of Dauphin (uncredited)
Jack Grey ...
Courtesan (uncredited)
Ben Hall ...
Young Man Fetching Priest (uncredited)
Ben Hendricks Jr. ...
National Guardsman (uncredited)
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Herald (uncredited)
Ramsay Hill ...
Major Domo (uncredited)
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Marquis De St. Priest (uncredited)
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Streetwalker (uncredited)
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Olivia (uncredited)
Hugh Huntley ...
Man in Opera Gallery (uncredited)
Arthur Hurni ...
Rabblerouser (uncredited)
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Duchess de Polignac (uncredited)
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Monsieur Boehmer - the Jeweler (uncredited)
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Keeper of the Seal (uncredited)
Edward Keane ...
General (uncredited)
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Guard in Louis' Cell (uncredited)
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Choisell (uncredited)
George Kirby ...
Priest (uncredited)
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Court Aide (uncredited)
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Franz (uncredited)
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Coach Driver (uncredited)
Harts Lind ...
Nurse (uncredited)
Jacques Lory ...
French Peasant (uncredited)
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Soldier with Rude Laugh (uncredited)
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Rabblerouser (uncredited)
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Soldier Announcing Birth (uncredited)
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Lady in Waiting to Du Barry (uncredited)
Frances Millen ...
Lady in Waiting to Du Barry (uncredited)
Joan Mitchell ...
Minor Role (uncredited)
M. Morova ...
Singer in Death Chant (uncredited)
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LaRue (uncredited)
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Man Yelling 'Have You Proof?' (uncredited)
Bea Nigro ...
Woman at the Opera (uncredited)
Mimi Olivera ...
Lady in Waiting to Du Barry (uncredited)
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Bearded Leader of the People (uncredited)
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Louise - Marie's Maid (uncredited)
Claire Owen ...
Woman in Gaming House (uncredited)
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Fish Wife (uncredited)
Billy Platt ...
Midget in Student Ball Number (uncredited)
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Convention President (uncredited)
Alonzo Price ...
Second Guardsman (uncredited)
Tom Quinn ...
Rabblerouser (uncredited)
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Goguelot (uncredited)
'Little Billy' Rhodes ...
Midget in Student Ball Number (uncredited)
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Revolutionary Officer (uncredited)
Lionel Royce ...
Guillaume (uncredited)
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St. Clair (uncredited)
Brent Sargent ...
St. Pre (uncredited)
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Townsman at Execution (uncredited)
Allen D. Sewall ...
Citizen (uncredited)
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Mrs. Tilson - Setting the Table for Four (uncredited)
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Sauce (uncredited)
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Footman (uncredited)
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National Guardsman Bringing Toy Soldier (uncredited)
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Second Councilor (uncredited)
Frank Arthur Swales ...
Chimney Sweep (uncredited)
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Man in Gaming House (uncredited)
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Dowager at Birth of Dauphin (uncredited)
Dorothy Tuttle ...
Minor Role (uncredited)
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Officer in Entrance Hall (uncredited)
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King's Confessor (uncredited)
Charles Waldron ...
Swedish Ambassador (uncredited)
Walter Walker ...
Dr. Benjamin Franklin (uncredited)
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Woman in Gaming House (uncredited)
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Marat (uncredited)
Lyons Wickland ...
Laclos (uncredited)
Tudor Williams ...
Singer in Death Chant (uncredited)
Eric Wilton ...
Juror (uncredited)
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Herbert - the Jailer (uncredited)
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Governor of Conciergerie (uncredited)

Directed by

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W.S. Van Dyke ... (as W.S. Van Dyke II)
Julien Duvivier ... (uncredited)

Written by

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Claudine West ... (screen play) &
Donald Ogden Stewart ... (screen play) and
Ernest Vajda ... (screen play)
 
Stefan Zweig ... (based in part on the book by)
 
Zoe Akins ... () (uncredited)
 
F. Scott Fitzgerald ... () (uncredited)
 
Bruno Frank ... () (uncredited)
 
Samuel Hoffenstein ... () (uncredited)
 
Talbot Jennings ... (dialogue) (uncredited)
 
Noel Langley ... () (uncredited)
 
Robert E. Sherwood ... () (uncredited)
 
Carey Wilson ... () (uncredited)

Produced by

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Hunt Stromberg ... producer
Irving Thalberg ... producer (uncredited)

Music by

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Herbert Stothart

Cinematography by

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William H. Daniels ... (photographed by) (as William Daniels)
George J. Folsey ... (uncredited)
Leonard Smith ... (uncredited)

Editing by

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Robert Kern ... film editor (as Robert J. Kern)

Art Direction by

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Cedric Gibbons

Set Decoration by

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Henry Grace ... (uncredited)

Costume Design by

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Adrian ... (gowns)
Gile Steele ... (costumes: men)

Makeup Department

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Jack Dawn ... makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Frank Messenger ... unit manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Jacques Tourneur ... assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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William A. Horning ... associate art director
Edwin B. Willis ... associate art director
Harry Johnson ... illustrator (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Douglas Shearer ... recording director
Bill Edmondson ... sound (uncredited)
William Steinkamp ... sound (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Slavko Vorkapich ... montage effects

Camera and Electrical Department

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Louis Kolb ... electrical engineer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

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Leo Arnaud ... orchestrator (uncredited)
George Bassman ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Murray Cutter ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Paul Marquardt ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Leonid Raab ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Robert W. Stringer ... orchestrator (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Dorothy Kelley ... secretary: William H. Daniels
Albertina Rasch ... dances
George Richelavie ... technical advisor
Bob Barnes ... production staff (uncredited)
Rebecca Breskin ... researcher (uncredited)
Ray Deichsel ... researcher (uncredited)
Howard Dietz ... press representative (uncredited)
Ralph Faulkner ... fight choreographer (uncredited)
May Huyn ... researcher (uncredited)
Thelma Johnson ... researcher (uncredited)
Elliott Morgan ... researcher (uncredited)
Mary Smith ... researcher (uncredited)
John Wenzel ... researcher (uncredited)

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Sidney Franklin ... grateful acknowledgment: for his contribution of the production preparation
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Plot Summary

The life of Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) from her 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 rather 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. Written by

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Also Known As
  • Marie-Antoinette (France)
  • Marie-Antoinette (Germany)
  • María Antonieta (Spain)
  • Mária Antoinette (Hungary)
  • マリー・アントワネットの生涯 (Japan, Japanese title)
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Runtime
  • 149 min
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Budget $2,926,000 (estimated)

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Trivia According to Wikipedia, the movie had thousands of costumes and lavish set designs. Adrian visited France and Austria in 1937 researching the period. He studied the paintings of Marie Antoinette, even using a microscope on them so that the embroidery and fabric could be identical. Fabrics were specially woven and embroidered with stitches sometimes too fine to be seen with the naked eye. The attention to detail was extreme, from the framework to hair. Some gowns became extremely heavy due to the embroidery, flounces and precious stones used. Norma Shearer's gowns alone had a combined weight of over 1,768 lb., the heaviest being the wedding dress. See more »
Goofs At the time of their wedding, the Dauphin, Louis, was 15 and Marie Antoinette was 14. Norma Shearer could (barely) get away with portraying a 14-year-old (as she portrayed a 13-year-old Juliet in ROMEO AND JULIET (1936) because many noble/royal females were more mature and had regal bearing), but Robert Morley looked 35, not 15. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972). See more »
Soundtracks Amour Eternal Amour See more »
Quotes Marie Antoinette: I once thought if I were queen, I'd be so happy. To be applauded and adored and obeyed. I don't want it now. I just want to be free. To be with you. To love you. I cannot wear a crown upon my heart.
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