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Thursday, April 7, 2011

Playing Queen Christina

An entertaining review of the historically wildly inaccurate 1933 film starring Greta Garbo. 
Posted by Matterhorn at 3:21 PM
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Labels: film, queens, sweden, vasas
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elena maria vidal said...

A very entertaining film!

April 7, 2011 9:30 PM

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