Marie Antoinette Costumes Movie
May 11th, 2010
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Marie Antoinette Costumes Movie
Question: Historical Accuracy of the Movie, “Marie Antoinette”?
Can someone give me a basic timeline of the events that happened in Europe? For example, the English Revo., France Revo., American Revo…
How much of the movie is true? Or should I ask, how much isn’t true?
1. Did Antoinette really commit marital infidelity with a soldier?
2. How old were the couple when they were married, when Louis XVI was crowned and when they were guillotined?
3. How did the French Revolution end? I know the monarchs were killed, but did they tried to run away? Did they flee? Or am I confusing this with the English Revolution…
4. What happened to their kids? How many were there, again?
Quickies:
1. There was a scene, where the soldier Antoinette liked was riding a horse, and the horse was only standing on the hind feet. That was an allusion to Napoleon’s portrait right? Why? Is the reference telling something?
I loved the movie, watched it a second time. All the foreshadowing, the symbolism and the outstanding costumes.
Thanks
Answer: When I told my history buff friend I was watching this movie, she asked me questions about it and was impressed how historically accurate it was. The exception of course is the modern music soundtrack and the converse sneakers in the montage. Unfortunetly, I’m not a history buff myself and do not know the answers to your questions off hand. Wikipedia would have many of your answers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Antionette
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/European_History/Contents
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