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Description: The tragic life of Marie Antoinette, who became queen of France in her late teens.

Cast:
Marie Antoinette: Norma Shearer
Count Axel de Fersen: Tyrone Power
King Louis XV: John Barrymore
King Louis XVI: Robert Morley
Princesse de Lamballe: Anita Louise
Duke d'Orléans: Joseph Schildkraut
Mme. du Barry: Gladys George
Count de Mercey: Henry Stephenson
Countess de Noailles: Cora Witherspoon
Prince de Rohan: Barnett Parker
Comte d'Artois: Reginald Gardiner
La Motte: Henry Daniell
Toulan: Leonard Penn
Comte de Provence: Albert Dekker
Empress Maria Theresa: Alma Kruger
Drouet: Joseph Calleia
Robespierre: George Meeker
The Dauphin: Scotty Beckett
Princesse Thérèse: Marilyn Knowlden
Passport Official: Erville Alderson
Man with Pike: Richard Alexander
Rabblerouser: Tom Quinn
Nobleman at Court: King Baggot
Girl: Bonnie Bannon
Municipal Taking the Young Dauphin: Trevor Bardette
Citizen-Officer: Robert Barrat
Townsman at Execution: Harry Semels
Lackey: Thomas Braidon
Official in Passport Office: Al Bridge
Gamin: Peter Bull
Lafayette: John Burton
Mme. La Motte: Mae Busch
Second Municipal Taking the Young Dauphin: John Butler
Lemonade Vendor: Frank Campeau
Beauregard: David Cavendish
Revolutionary Officer: Buddy Roosevelt
Lady in Waiting to Madame Du Barry: Dorothy Christy
Woman in Gaming House: Luana Walters
Man in Gaming House: Phillip Terry
Executioner: Harry Cording
Singer in Death Chant: Tudor Williams
Citizen at Tribunal: Jules Cowles
Danton: Wade Crosby
Mme. 'Feldy' de Lerchenfeld: Cecil Cunningham
Minister at King's Council: Guy D'Ennery
Toulon: Howard Da Silva
Monsieur de Cosse: Harry Davenport
Archbishop: Nigel De Brulier
Woman Yelling at Rabblerouser: Claire Du Brey
King's Chamberlain: Frank Elliott
Man with Goblet: Billy Engle
Old Aristocrat at Opera: Harold Entwistle
Soldier: Al Ferguson
Peddler: Barry Fitzgerald
First Councilor: Neil Fitzgerald
Orchestra Leader: Jack George
Dowager: Maude Turner Gordon
Old Nobleman at Birth of Dauphin: Lawrence Grant
Courtesan: Jack Grey
Young Man Fetching Priest: Ben Hall
National Guardsman: Ben Hendricks Jr.
Herald: Holmes Herbert
Major Domo: Ramsay Hill
Marquis De St. Priest: George Houston
Streetwalker: Esther Howard
Olivia: Mary Howard
Man in Opera Gallery: Hugh Huntley
Duchess de Polignac: Ruth Hussey
Monsieur Boehmer - the Jeweler: Olaf Hytten
Keeper of the Seal: Frank Jaquet
General: Edward Keane
Guard in Louis' Cell: Victor Kilian
Choisell: Claude King
Priest: George Kirby
Court Aide: Henry Kolker
Franz: Howard Lang
Coach Driver: Duke R. Lee
Nurse: Harts Lind
French Peasant: Jacques Lory
Soldier with Rude Laugh: Frank McGlynn Jr.
Soldier Announcing Birth: John Merton
Lady in Waiting to Du Barry: Mimi Olivera
LaRue: Corbet Morris
Man Yelling 'Have You Proof?': Leonard Mudie
Woman at the Opera: Bea Nigro
Bearded Leader of the People: Moroni Olsen
Louise - Marie's Maid: Rafaela Ottiano
Fish Wife: Inez Palange
Midget in Student Ball Number: 'Little Billy' Rhodes
Convention President: Guy Bates Post
Second Guardsman: Alonzo Price
Goguelot: Herbert Rawlinson
Guillaume: Lionel Royce
St. Clair: Tom Rutherford
St. Pre: Brent Sargent
Citizen: Allen D. Sewall
Mrs. Tilson - Setting the Table for Four: Kathryn Sheldon
Sauce: Ivan F. Simpson
Footman: William Steele
National Guardsman Bringing Toy Soldier: Carl Stockdale
Second Councilor: Harry Stubbs
Chimney Sweep: Frank Arthur Swales
Dowager at Birth of Dauphin: Zeffie Tilbury
Minor Role: Dorothy Tuttle
Officer in Entrance Hall: Theodore von Eltz
King's Confessor: Gustav von Seyffertitz
Swedish Ambassador: Charles Waldron
Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Walter Walker
Marat: Anthony Warde
Laclos: Lyons Wickland
Juror: Eric Wilton
Herbert - the Jailer: Ian Wolfe
Governor of Conciergerie: George Zucco

Written by: Claudine West, Donald Ogden Stewart, Ernest Vajda

Director: W.S. Van Dyke, Julien Duvivier

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Release date: 26 Aug 1938