Victoria the Great

Sep 1, 1937

1h 52m

★ 5.3

SIXTY YEARS A QUEEN...and every day a woman...madly in love!

Overview

The film biography of Queen Victoria focusing initially on the early years of her reign with her marriage to Prince Albert and her subsequent rule after Albert's death in 1861.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Herbert Wilcox Productions

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Cast

Queen Victoria

Anna Neagle

Prince Albert

Anton Walbrook

Prince Ernest

Walter Rilla

Lord Melbourne

H.B. Warner

Duchess of Kent

Mary Morris

Duke of Wellington

James Dale

Lord Palmerston

Felix Aylmer

Robert Peel

Charles Carson

John Brown

Gordon McLeod

Archbishop of Canterburry

C. V. France

William Gladstone

Arthur Young

Baroness Lehzen

Greta Schröder

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