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