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Where was Marie Antoinette filmed?

2006 film, directed by Sofia Coppola.

  • Staircase of the Queen

The story is set in France, about 125 miles (201 km) from where it was filmed.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
France
Filmed in
Staircase of the Queen
Distance
About 125 miles (201 km) between France and the nearest filming location.

About Marie Antoinette

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Released
2006
Director
Sofia Coppola
Cast
Kirsten DunstJason SchwartzmanJudy DavisRip TornRose ByrneAsia ArgentoMolly ShannonShirley HendersonDanny HustonMarianne Faithfull
Genre
DramaBiographical
Based on
Marie Antoinette: The Journey
Awards
Academy Award for Best Costume Design

The story

In 1770, she travels to France to marry Louis-Auguste, the Dauphin of France, sealing an alliance between Austria and France.

Upon arriving, she relinquishes her Austrian connections, meets King Louis XV and the Dauphin, and weds at the Palace of Versailles.

The couple faces pressure to produce an heir as soon as possible, but the next day it is reported to the king that "nothing happened" on the wedding night.

Famous lines from Marie Antoinette

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • Pardon me, sir, I did not do it on purpose.Marie Antoinette
  • No harm will come to me. The Assembly is prepared to treat us leniently.Marie Antoinette
  • Last words, spoken after she stepped on her executioner's foot on her way to the guillotineMarie Antoinette
  • Courage? The moment when my troubles are going to end is not the moment when my courage is going to fail me.Marie Antoinette
  • I have come, Sire, to complain of one of your subjects who has been so audacious as to kick me in the belly.Marie Antoinette

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