Marie antoinette movie netflix
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Marie-Antionette is one of the most colorful characters in history. Born in 1755, she was the wife of King Louis XVI and the Queen consort of France from 1774 to the French Revolution. Marie-Antionette was sent to the guillotine in 1793 at the height of the revolution.
Marie-Antionette is perhaps most famous today for the quote Let them eat cake. Marie-Antoinette probably didn’t say this, and it was most likely a story spread as negative propaganda. But that doesn’t mean that Marie-Antionette was innocent of all the charges against her.
These days, there is a huge number of movies about Marie-Antionette and her life in the Palace of Versailles – some of them good and others amazing. With all these choices, here are some of our favorite Marie-Antoinette Movies. If you find this list of movies inspiring, don’t hesitate to book your next trip to Versailles to enjoy the palace, the history, and the lovely gardens.
The Best Marie-Antionette Movies
1. ‘Marie-Antoinette’ (1938)
Made in 1938, this was one of the earliest movies about Marie-Antionette.
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Ellen Cheshire
Updated: Jun 1, 2023
Royal bio-pics have been a mainstay of commercial cinema since its inception. Historians fear them, as ultimately, they are seen as a commercial and entertainment venture first and historical document second. Inevitably filmmakers will have to condense, elide, edit and re-organise a life in order to make a satisfactory and coherent narrative.
They are usually held up as exemplars of high production values in costumes, hair, make-up, and settings, and location. Stately homes which are used as locations often see a high up-turn in visitor numbers.
In my book Bio-PIcs: a life in pictures I wrote about four films that examined the lives of three Queens which exemplified the ever-present ideas of pitting private and public personas against one another. An Asian director’s take on English history with Shekhar Kapur's pair of films about Elizabeth I starring the Australian actress, Cate Blanchett, American director Sofia Coppola’s version of French history in Marie Antoinette with Kirsten D
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Marie Antoinette (1938 film)
1938 film by W. S. Van Dyke
Marie Antoinette is a 1938 American historical drama film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.[3][4] It was directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starred Norma Shearer as Marie Antoinette. Based upon the 1932 biography of the ill-fated Queen of France by the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, it had its Los Angeles premiere at the legendary Carthay Circle Theatre, where the landscaping was specially decorated for the event.
The film was the last project of Irving Thalberg who died in 1936 while it was in the planning stage. His widow, Norma Shearer, remained committed to the project even while her enthusiasm for her film career in general was waning following his death.
With a budget over two million dollars, it was one of the more expensive films of the 1930s, but also one of the bigger successes.
Plot
In 1769 Vienna, Empress Maria Theresa of Austria tells her daughter Maria Antonia she is to marry the Dauphin Louis-Auguste. Marie is excited to become the future Queen of France but grows dismayed
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