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