Queen Christina (1933) starring Greta Garbo, John Gilbert. Garbo stars as Queen Christina of Sweden, who ascends to the throne in 1632 as a girl. After she has grown up, she falls in love with the ambassador from Spain (Gilbert) -- but they meet at a country inn, and he doesn't know that she is the queen. Christina faces the classic conflict of wanting to seek her personal happiness vs. the need to do her duty as a sovereign. Specifically, her people do not want her to marry a Spaniard, because Sweden is a Protestant country and Spain is Catholic. Garbo is splendid in this movie, but the plot is a timeworn story that is familiar and predictable. The disc offers English subtitles, as well as closed captions. Grade: B
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