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