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