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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
Marlene Dietrich
Princess Sophia Frederica / Catherine II
Sam Jaffe
Grand Duke Peter
Akim Tamiroff
Bit Part (uncredited)
Gavin Gordon
Capt. Gregori Orloff
Jane Darwell
Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)
C. Aubrey Smith
Prince August
Kent Taylor
James Burke
George Davis
Jameson Thomas
Harry Woods
Richard Alexander
Ruthelma Stevens
Countess Elizabeth 'Lizzie'
Edward Van Sloan
Herr Wagner (uncredited)
Erville Alderson
Chancelor Alexei Bestuchef
Leo White
Maria Riva
Sophia as a Child
Julanne Johnston
Olive Tell
Princess Johanna Elizabeth
Warner Richmond
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
Elinor Fair
Ivan Linow
John Lodge
Count Alexei
Eric Alden
Louise Dresser
Empress Elizabeth Petrovna
John Davidson
Davison Clark
Archimandrite Simeon Todorsky / Arch-Episcope
James A. Marcus
Philip Sleeman
Marie Wells
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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