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

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