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