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The Scarlet Empress
1934, May 09
1h 44m
During the 18th century, German noblewoman Sophia Frederica, who would later become Catherine the Great, travels to Moscow to marry the dimwitted Grand Duke Peter, the heir to the Russian throne. Their arranged marriage proves to be loveless, and Catherine takes many lovers, including the handsome Count Alexei, and bears a son. When the unstable Peter eventually ascends to the throne, Catherine plots to oust him from power.
Directed by
Josef von Sternberg
Written by
Manuel Komroff, Eleanor McGeary
Eric Alden
Marlene Dietrich
Princess Sophia Frederica / Catherine II
Sam Jaffe
Grand Duke Peter
Julanne Johnston
Jane Darwell
Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)
Akim Tamiroff
Bit Part (uncredited)
Kent Taylor
Richard Alexander
Ruthelma Stevens
Countess Elizabeth 'Lizzie'
James Burke
Erville Alderson
Chancelor Alexei Bestuchef
Gavin Gordon
Capt. Gregori Orloff
Leo White
Jameson Thomas
George Davis
C. Aubrey Smith
Prince August
Maria Riva
Sophia as a Child
Edward Van Sloan
Herr Wagner (uncredited)
Davison Clark
Archimandrite Simeon Todorsky / Arch-Episcope
Harry Woods
Olive Tell
Princess Johanna Elizabeth
James A. Marcus
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
Warner Richmond
John Lodge
Count Alexei
John Davidson
Marie Wells
Louise Dresser
Empress Elizabeth Petrovna
Ivan Linow
Philip Sleeman
Elinor Fair
Agnes Steele
Gerald Fielding
Nadine Beresford
Hal Boyer
Anna Duncan
May Foster
Eunice Murdock Moore
Patricia Patrick
Blanche Rose
Katherine Sabichi
Sam Savitsky
Dina Smirnova
Minnie Steele
Belle Stoddard
Bruce Warren
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