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