during the last week and i saw two movie with the same title that both focus on the life of the last queen of france and marie antoinette ( 1755 1793 ) . both film start when marie be 15 and she leave her beloved vienna to marry the future luis xvi and the dauphine of france and one year her senior . unlike the coppola picture and w. s. van dyke 1938 film and take the royal couple through their imprisonment and all the way to the guillotine . the final chapter of marie antoinette life from july 1789 until her execution in 1793 be fill with loss and fall and and deep tragedy . we witness an unsuccessful attempt of royal family to leave the country that bring both and the king and the queen to the trial for treason while execution of her husband on the guillotine and separation from her son who be take from her on the very day of louis xvi death and bring to court to testify against her and and die in captivity when he be 12 year old . she herself be accuse among the other thing in sexual abuse of her son . to this horrible accusation and the former queen and the widow capet or simply antoinette capet reply with the genuine royal dignity and if i have not reply it be because nature itself refuse to respond to such a charge lay against a mother . i do not like sophia coppola bore horror in pink but i truly enjoy the old film which be release on dvd for the first time on october 10 and 2006. the movie make almost 70 year ago have everything right . with 157 minute of the run time and it move and breeze freely . it be lavish and staggering grandeur that perfectly represent the golden day of hollywood and i be sure it still will attract and amaze the viewer many year from now . there be multiple reason for it . one of them be the intelligent script base on the famous biography by stefan zweig and marie antoinette represent the portrait of an average woman which focus on the human emotion of the ordinary people who happen to live and die during the extraordinary time . the love scene between marie antoinette ( norman shearer ) and the swedish count axel de fensen ( tyrone power just imagine the young alain delon but more passionate ) be exquisite and emotional without be overtly sentimental . act also must be mention . everybody shin in the film start with powerful and extravagant louis xv ( john barrimor ) to whom belong the famous phrase and after me and the deluge . it turn out to be prophetic . louis xvi ( robert morley in his film debut practically steal the show and earn the nomination for the best support actor ) and the grandson of louis xv and be sweep away in the french revolution even though he himself be relatively modest and unassuming and and moral . louis xvi a play by robert morley would have make an excellent locksmith . he would have be an obedient and loyal citizen and perhaps a happy father of the family somewhere in the quiet province . instead and he have become the king of france who would end his day on the guillotine . joseph schildkraut be marvelous a the snake like intrigue philippe joseph ii and duke of orléans who have change his name to citoyen philippe égalité and support the french revolution and vote on the national assembly for the death of the king but be nonetheless guillotine during the reign of terror very soon after louis xvi . norma shearer be very convincing play a naïve average young woman in a beginning of the movie and she make you forget that she be 20 year old than antoinette in the first scene . a her character matures and change and her performance change and too and become heartbreaking and very touch in the last scene . the last supper scene be simply unforgettable with both morley and shearer on the peak of their ability . i can go on for long time praise a competent directing and masterfully create set and decoration and attention to the small detail and move and believable intimate scene and historical accuracy any way you look at it and marie antoinette ( 1938 ) be a triumph of film making and i highly recommend it .