Directed by:
W. S. Van DykeComposer:
Herbert StothartCast:
Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power, John Barrymore, Robert Morley, Anita Louise, Joseph Schildkraut, Gladys George, Henry Stephenson, Cora Witherspoon (more)Plots(1)
The film chronicles the life of the 18th-century queen, following her emotional transformation from childhood as a young Austrian princess to her last days in the court of Louis XVI before the French Revolution. Led by the talents of Norma Shearer as Marie, John Barrymore as Louis XVI, and Tyrone Power as Marie's childhood friend and aspiring lover, Count Axel de Fersen, the film exposes the power plays and chicaneries of the French court, painting the Duke d'Orleans as the villainous source of Marie's public relations tragedy. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Mae Busch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/587/162587335_8bcd7d.jpg)
Mae Busch
Australia
Best movies:
Marie Antoinette (1938)
The Unholy Three (1925)
Sons of the Desert (1933)
![Cecil Cunningham](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/499/499967_d97ff8.jpg)
Cecil Cunningham
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
Monkey Business (1931)
![Ruth Hussey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/875/162875867_223c21.jpg)
Ruth Hussey
USA
Best movies:
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Marie Antoinette (1938)
Another Thin Man (1939)
![Peter Bull](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272437_d12805.jpg)
Peter Bull
UK
Best movies:
![Herbert Rawlinson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505218_4bef27.jpg)
Herbert Rawlinson
UK
Best movies:
It Started with Eve (1941)
Dark Victory (1939)
Bullets or Ballots (1936)
![George Houston](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/515/515863_7291ee.jpg)
George Houston
USA
Best movies:
Marie Antoinette (1938)
Conquest (1937)
![Gustav von Seyffertitz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/021/354/21354166_f24f31.jpg)
Gustav von Seyffertitz
Best movies:
The Mysterious Lady (1928)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927)
![Theodore von Eltz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/153/626/153626377_4dd69f.jpg)
Theodore von Eltz
USA
Best movies:
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
The Big Sleep (1946)
![Richard Alexander](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886701_57630c.jpg)
Richard Alexander
USA
Best movies:
The Mysterious Lady (1928)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Modern Times (1936)
![Harry Davenport](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/765/157765206_365afd.jpg)
Harry Davenport
USA
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Little Women (1949)
![Lane Chandler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/779/158779807_e6a2b4.jpg)
Lane Chandler
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Laura (1944)
![Rafaela Ottiano](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000319_d84852.jpg)
Rafaela Ottiano
Italy
Best movies:
Anthony Adverse (1936)
Marie Antoinette (1938)
Grand Hotel (1932)
![Robert Barrat](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/741/158741974_e1bd06.jpg)
Robert Barrat
USA
Best movies:
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
Captain Blood (1935)
![Dorothy Christy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000315_cfe838.jpg)
Dorothy Christy
USA
Best movies:
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Love Is News (1937)
Laura (1944)
![Anthony Warde](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162680_bd6bd1.jpg)
Anthony Warde
USA
Best movies:
Rear Window (1954)
Storm Warning (1951)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
![Henry Kolker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/279/158279910_6b3d4f.jpg)
Henry Kolker
USA
Best movies:
The Power and the Glory (1933)
Holiday (1938)
Union Pacific (1939)
![Moroni Olsen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/298/159298409_d4a028.jpg)
Moroni Olsen
USA
Best movies:
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
![Ian Wolfe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/228/159228284_eaf71d.jpg)
Ian Wolfe
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Love Crazy (1941)
![Al Bridge](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/365/161365665_e1caf5.jpg)
Al Bridge
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
![Sam Ash](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/789/159789781_d8507f.jpg)
Sam Ash
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Citizen Kane (1941)