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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
Ruthelma Stevens
Countess Elizabeth 'Lizzie'
Leo White
Sam Jaffe
Grand Duke Peter
George Davis
Jane Darwell
Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)
John Lodge
Count Alexei
Jameson Thomas
Olive Tell
Princess Johanna Elizabeth
Eric Alden
Akim Tamiroff
Bit Part (uncredited)
Maria Riva
Sophia as a Child
Richard Alexander
John Davidson
Kent Taylor
Gavin Gordon
Capt. Gregori Orloff
James Burke
Erville Alderson
Chancelor Alexei Bestuchef
C. Aubrey Smith
Prince August
Harry Woods
Davison Clark
Archimandrite Simeon Todorsky / Arch-Episcope
Marie Wells
Louise Dresser
Empress Elizabeth Petrovna
Warner Richmond
Edward Van Sloan
Herr Wagner (uncredited)
James A. Marcus
Philip Sleeman
Elinor Fair
Julanne Johnston
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
Blanche Rose
Ivan Linow
Agnes Steele
Gerald Fielding
Nadine Beresford
Hal Boyer
Anna Duncan
May Foster
Eunice Murdock Moore
Patricia Patrick
Katherine Sabichi
Sam Savitsky
Dina Smirnova
Minnie Steele
Belle Stoddard
Bruce Warren
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