Popular monarch Queen Christina of Sweden must choose between love and loyalty to her nation when she unexpectedly falls for a Spanish envoy.
Acting
Garbo's final shot: 3 minutes of silent transcendence
Costume
Trousers, doublets, and a death-black finale gown
Direction
Mamoulian's eroticized camera worships Garbo's face
Director
Rouben Mamoulian
Greta Garbo
Christina
John Gilbert
Antonio
Ian Keith
Magnus
Lewis Stone
Oxenstierna
Elizabeth Young
Ebba
C. Aubrey Smith
Aage
Reginald Owen
Charles
David Torrence
Archbishop
Gustav von Seyffertitz
The General
Georges Renavent
French Ambassador
Ferdinand Munier
Innkeeper
Richard Alexander
Peasant in Crowd (uncredited)
Hooper Atchley
Antonio's Companion in Coach (uncredited)
Barbara Barondess
Elsa (uncredited)
Wade Boteler
Magnus' Rabble Rouser (uncredited)
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