| Title | : | Marie Antoinette |
|---|---|---|
| Release | : | 1938 |
| Rating | : | 7.3 |
| Language | : | English |
| Runtime | : | 149 |
| Genre | : | Biography,Drama,History,Romance |
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.—
Claudine West, Donald Ogden Stewart, Ernest Vajda
