Le conquérant des Indes

Original title: Clive of India

1935
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1h 34m

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Ronald Colman and Loretta Young in Le conquérant des Indes (1935)

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In the 1700s Clive, clerk of the East India Company, transfers and become a soldier. His leadership and gift for manipulation strengthen England's hold over India but his wealth is often thr... Read allIn the 1700s Clive, clerk of the East India Company, transfers and become a soldier. His leadership and gift for manipulation strengthen England's hold over India but his wealth is often threatened by the enemies he makes along the way.In the 1700s Clive, clerk of the East India Company, transfers and become a soldier. His leadership and gift for manipulation strengthen England's hold over India but his wealth is often threatened by the enemies he makes along the way.

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6.2/10

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Awards
- 2 wins total

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Trivia
Co-star Colin Clive was in fact a real-life descendent of Clive of India.

Goofs
The story begins in 1748, and Robert Clive (Ronald Colman) falls in love with Margaret Maskelyne, when he sees a locket with her photograph, carried by her brother. But such a photograph would not have been possible until at least 100 years later, when the first photographs, known as daguerreotypes, were first introduced.

Quotes
Margaret Maskelyne: You can't go! I've given my life for India! It's taken one of my children! He's dead... dead, and for what?
Robert Clive: Meg - you musntn't excite yourself. Remember your state.
Margaret Maskelyne: What does that matter? What are children to you? You talk of love and one breath of the word 'India' and away it goes!
Robert Clive: Meg, I must keep faith!

Connections
Featured in Biography: Cesar Romero: In a Class by Himself (2000)

Soundtracks
Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes
(uncredited)
Music by R. Melish (1780 ?)
Played often in the score as a love theme

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10/10

A Slice of History, Cinema Style

Just how did India become part of the British Empire? This film will introduce you to Robert Clive, one of the great names in English history. After viewing, a perusal of the Encyclopaedia Britannica convinced me that essentially the film got most of the facts right. This is a colorful, sometimes a little violent, story (empires don't come easy) which also deals with the political complications for men who take Big Chances.

Ronald Colman is always fun to watch. Loretta Young is beautiful, even if her American accent gets in the way of her performance occasionally. Cesar Romero, Colin Clive & Sir C. Aubrey Smith all have small rolls.

The historical Clive died an opium addict and a suicide at the age of only 49. CLIVE OF INDIA shows us a little of his brilliance and tragedy.