Queen Christina (film)

Queen Christina
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Rouben Mamoulian
Written by	S. N. Behrman (dialogue)
Screenplay by	H. M. Harwood Salka Viertel
Story by	Salka Viertel Margaret P. Levino
Produced by	Walter Wanger
Starring	Greta Garbo John Gilbert
Cinematography	William H. Daniels
Edited by	Blanche Sewell
Music by	Herbert Stothart
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	December 26, 1933 (1933-12-26)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,114,000[1]
Box office	$2,887,285[1]

Queen Christina is a pre-Code Hollywood biographical film, produced for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1933 by Walter Wanger and directed by Rouben Mamoulian. It stars Swedish-born actress Greta Garbo and John Gilbert in their fourth and last film together.

The film portrays the life of Queen Christina of Sweden, who became monarch at the age of six in 1632 and grew to be a powerful and influential leader. As well as coping with the demands of ruling Sweden during the Thirty Years' War, Christina is expected to marry a suitable royal figure and produce an heir. When she falls in love with a visiting Spanish envoy, whom she is forbidden to marry because he is a Roman Catholic, she must choose between love and her royal duty.

The film was a major commercial and critical success in the United States and worldwide.