A Polish countess is dispatched by her country to become Napoleon Bonaparte's mistress at the urging of Polish leaders, who feel she might influence him to support Polish independence.
Cast
Greta Garbo
Countess Marie Walewska
Charles Boyer
Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte
Reginald Owen
Tallyrand
Alan Marshal
Capt. d'Ornano
Henry Stephenson
Count Anastas Walewski
Leif Erickson
Paul Lachinski
May Whitty
Laetitia Bonaparte
Maria Ouspenskaya
la Comtesse Pelagia Walewska
C. Henry Gordon
le Prince Poniatowski
Claude Gillingwater
Stephan
Vladimir Sokoloff
Dying soldier
George Houston
Grand Marshal George Duroc
George Davis
Grenadier (uncredited)
Sue Moore
Servant (uncredited)
Scotty Beckett
Alexandre Walewska (uncredited)
Winifred Harris
Countess Augustus Walewska
Crew
Clarence Brown
Director
Gustav Machatý
Co-Director
S. N. Behrman
Writer
Salka Viertel
Writer
Samuel Hoffenstein
Writer
Zoë Akins
Writer
Talbot Jennings
Writer
Carey Wilson
Writer
Helen Jerome
Writer
Waclaw Gasiorowski
Novel
Tom Held
Editor
Karl Freund
Director of Photography
Bernard H. Hyman
Producer
Adrian
Costume Design
Jack Dawn
Makeup Artist
Douglas Shearer
Sound Director
Herbert Stothart
Original Music Composer
William Grimes
Still Photographer
Ken Terrell
Stunts
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
William A. Horning
Art Direction
Leo Arnaud
Orchestrator
Leonid Raab
Orchestrator
George Bassman
Orchestrator
Paul Marquardt
Orchestrator
Murray Cutter
Orchestrator
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