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The Rise of Catherine the Great
1934, Feb 09
1h 35m
The woman who will become Catherine the Great marries into the Russian royal family when she weds Grand Duke Peter, the nephew of Empress Elizabeth. Although the couple has moments of contentment, Peter's cruel and erratic behavior causes a rift between him and Catherine. Mere months after Peter succeeds his aunt as the ruler of Russia, a revolt is brewing, and Catherine is poised to ascend to the throne as the country's new empress.
Directed by
Paul Czinner
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Grand Duke Peter
Michael Wilding
Regiment Soldier
Stewart Granger
Regiment Soldier
John Turnbull
Rumyantsev
Flora Robson
Empress Elisabeth
Gibb McLaughlin
Bestujhev
Irene Vanbrugh
Princess Anhalt-Zerbst
Elisabeth Bergner
Catherine
Judy Kelly
Guest at Hunting Lodge
Charles Carson
English Ambassador
Griffith Jones
Grigory Orlov
Laurence Hanray
Goudovitch
Joan Gardner
Katushienka
Allan Jeayes
Colonel Karnilov
Diana Napier
Countess Vorontzova
Arnold Lucy
Minor Role
Gerald du Maurier
Lecocq
Dorothy Hale
Countess Olga
Clifford Heatherley
Ogarev
William Heughan
Minor Role
Heron Carvic
Minor Role
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