Marie Antoinette
W.S. Van Dyke, Julien Duvivier, 1938
Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman
Stefan Zweig, 1932
Marie Antoinette is a movie directed by W.S. Van Dyke and Julien Duvivier in 1938 and based on the book Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman by Stefan Zweig, first published in 1932. The movie features Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power, John Barrymore, Robert Morley, Anita Louise, Joseph Schildkraut, and others.
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Storyline
In 1769 Vienna, Empress Maria Theresa of Austria tells her daughter Maria Antonia she is to marry the Dauphin Louis-Auguste. On her second wedding anniversary, Madame du Barry, King Louis XV’s mistress, gifts Marie with an empty cradle and a poem critical of her inability to produce an heir.
Movie vs Book
Year
1938
Minutes
149
Movie Rate
7.40
Source: IMDb
Movie
Marie Antoinette
Director: W.S. Van Dyke, Julien Duvivier
Country: USA
Year: 1938
Length: 2h29m
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Year
1932
Pages
476
Book Rate
8.62
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Book
Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman
Original title: Marie Antoinette. Bildnis eines mittleren Charakters
Author: Stefan Zweig
Country: Austria
First published in: 1932
Length: 476 pages
Genre: Biography
User polls & recommendations
“As an author, you can’t expect a movie to be an illustration of the book. If that’s what you hope for, you shouldn’t sell the rights.”
BERNARD SCHLINK (Writer)
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