01 Oct 1983
Schindler
The true story of German-Czech businessman Oskar Schindler (1908-74) as told by some of the Jews — more than a thousand people — whose lives he saved from extermination during World War II.
Conquest
The Love Story of Marie Walewska
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.
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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)
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