---
title: 'Marie Antoinette (1938)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Julien Duvivier'
released: '1938-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 145
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/marie-antoinette-1938'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030418/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Marie Antoinette (1938)

1938 · 145 min · Drama, History, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Marie Antoinette is a 1938 American historical drama film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Julien Duvivier](https://cinepixo.com/people/julien-duvivier), [W. S. Van Dyke](https://cinepixo.com/people/w-s-van-dyke)
- **Screenplay:** [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://cinepixo.com/people/f-scott-fitzgerald), [Donald Ogden Stewart](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-ogden-stewart), [Claudine West](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudine-west), [Ernest Vajda](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-vajda), [Talbot Jennings](https://cinepixo.com/people/talbot-jennings)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Herbert Stothart](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-stothart)
- **Producer:** [Irving Thalberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/irving-thalberg), [Hunt Stromberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/hunt-stromberg)
- **Director of Photography:** [George J. Folsey](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-j-folsey), [William H. Daniels](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-h-daniels)

## Cast

- [Maude Turner Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/maude-turner-gordon) as Douairière
- [Moroni Olsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/moroni-olsen)
- [Barnett Parker](https://cinepixo.com/people/barnett-parker) as Cardinal de Rohan
- [Henry Daniell](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-daniell) as Nicholas de la Motte
- [Mary Howard de Liagre](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-howard-de-liagre) as Olivia
- [Henry Stephenson](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-stephenson) as Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau
- [Robert Morley](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-morley) as Louis XVI of France
- [Nigel De Brulier](https://cinepixo.com/people/nigel-de-brulier) as Christophe de Beaumont
- [Al Ferguson](https://cinepixo.com/people/al-ferguson)
- [Mae Busch](https://cinepixo.com/people/mae-busch) as Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy
- [Albert Dekker](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-dekker) as Comte de Provence
- [John Barrymore](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-barrymore) as Louis XV of France
- [Robert Barrat](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-barrat) as Citoyen-officier
- [Cecil Cunningham](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecil-cunningham) as Mme 'Feldy' de Lerchenfeld
- [Gladys George](https://cinepixo.com/people/gladys-george) as Madame du Barry

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/marie-antoinette-1938
Film facts: Wikidata (Q1897128); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.