Director: Clarence Brown

Writers: Samuel Hoffenstein; Salka Viertel; S. N. Behrman

From novel: Pani Walewska by Waclaw Gasiorowski

From a play by: Helen Jerome

Musical Score by: Herbert Stothart

Producer: Bernard H. Hyman

Keywords: Drama, French Royalty

Beautiful Polish countess Maria Walewska takes it upon herself as her patriotic duty to become Napoleon's mistress, with the hope that he will restore a free Poland after it had been carved up by its enemies; she falls in love with him and they have a son together. But is it likely she can change the tide of history? Received Oscar nominations for Best Actor and Best Art Direction.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Charles Boyer	Actor	28-Aug-1899	26-Aug-1978	Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Leif Erickson	Actor	27-Oct-1911	29-Jan-1986	The High Chaparral
Greta Garbo	Actor	18-Sep-1905	15-Apr-1990	Vanted to be alone
C. Henry Gordon	Actor	17-Jun-1884	3-Dec-1940	Scarface
Alan Marshal	Actor	29-Jan-1909	13-Jul-1961	Night Must Fall
Maria Ouspenskaya	Actor	29-Jul-1876	3-Dec-1949	Waterloo Bridge
Reginald Owen	Actor	5-Aug-1887	5-Nov-1972	Prolific character actor
Vladimir Sokoloff	Actor	26-Dec-1889	15-Feb-1962	For Whom the Bell Tolls
Henry Stephenson	Actor	16-Apr-1871	24-Apr-1956	The Prince and the Pauper
May Whitty	Actor	19-Jun-1865	29-May-1948	Night Must Fall

CAST

Greta Garbo	...   Countess Marie Walewska
Charles Boyer	...   Napoleon Bonaparte
with
Reginald Owen	...   Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
Alan Marshal	...   Capt. d'Ornano
Henry Stephenson	...   Count Walewska
Leif Erickson	...   Paul Lachinski
May Whitty	...   Laetitia Bonaparte
Maria Ouspenskaya	...   Countess Pelagia Walewska
C. Henry Gordon	...   Prince Poniatowski
Claude Gillingwater	...   Stephen
Vladimir Sokoloff	...   Soldier
George Houston	...   Marshal Duroc

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