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