As queen, she favors peace for Sweden and argues convincingly for an end to the Thirty Years' War, saying: Queen Christina of Sweden ( Greta Garbo) is devoted to her country and the welfare of her people. The film was a major commercial and critical success in the United States and worldwide. 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.

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.

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.

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

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