MARIE ANTOINETTE

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• Release Year: 2006
• Genre: Documentary
• Plot: Relive the Great Revolution that Shaped Our Modern World... Her name has become synonymous with the French monarchy and all its excesses, but there is more to the story of Marie Antoinette than the simplistic tale of how a frivolous sovereign helped provoke the uprising that became the French Revolution. She was, in fact, a tender-hearted, complex woman, whose tragic awakening came too late to save her from the guillotine. Without losing sight of the dire inequities in 18th century France, this program paints a surprising portrait in which Marie Antoinette emerges as a sympathetic and, in the end, courageous figure. This two-hour film traces her journey from splendors of her childhood in the palaces of the mighty Austro-Hungarian Empire to her final hours in a squalid French prison cell. To tell the story of Marie Antoinette is to relive the great revolution that unleashed the forces that shaped our modern world.
• Cast: Blair Brown, David Grubin
• Director: David Grubin
• Runtime: 2:00
• Company: PBS
• Media Format: movie