Drama History
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
Stewart Granger
Regiment Soldier
Flora Robson
Empress Elisabeth
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Grand Duke Peter
Judy Kelly
Guest at Hunting Lodge
Diana Napier
Countess Vorontzova
Allan Jeayes
Colonel Karnilov
Michael Wilding
Regiment Soldier
John Turnbull
Rumyantsev
Griffith Jones
Grigory Orlov
Charles Carson
English Ambassador
Arnold Lucy
Minor Role
Joan Gardner
Katushienka
Irene Vanbrugh
Princess Anhalt-Zerbst
Gibb McLaughlin
Bestujhev
Elisabeth Bergner
Catherine
Gerald du Maurier
Lecocq
Clifford Heatherley
Ogarev
Dorothy Hale
Countess Olga
Laurence Hanray
Goudovitch
William Heughan
Minor Role
Heron Carvic
Minor Role

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