The Scarlet Empress

The Scarlet Empress (1934)

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  • Genre: Drama, History, Romance
  • Release Date: 1934-05-09
  • User Rating: 6.9/10 from 124 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 44min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Paramount Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Josef von Sternberg
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Summary

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.

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  • Marlene Dietrich

    as Princess Sophia Frederica / Catherine II

  • John Lodge

    as Count Alexei

  • Sam Jaffe

    as Grand Duke Peter

  • Louise Dresser

    as Empress Elizabeth Petrovna

  • C. Aubrey Smith

    as Prince August

  • Gavin Gordon

    as Capt. Gregori Orloff

  • Olive Tell

    as Princess Johanna Elizabeth

  • Ruthelma Stevens

    as Countess Elizabeth 'Lizzie'

  • Davison Clark

    as Archimandrite Simeon Todorsky / Arch-Episcope

  • Erville Alderson

    as Chancelor Alexei Bestuchef

  • Maria Riva

    as Sophia as a Child

  • Jane Darwell

    as Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)

  • Edward Van Sloan

    as Herr Wagner (uncredited)

  • Akim Tamiroff

    as Bit Part (uncredited)

  • Marie Wells

    as

  • Eric Alden

    as

  • Elinor Fair

    as

  • Julanne Johnston

    as

  • Agnes Steele

    as

  • Philip Sleeman

    as

  • Hans Heinrich von Twardowski

    as

  • Gerald Fielding

    as

  • Richard Alexander

    as

  • Nadine Beresford

    as

  • Hal Boyer

    as

  • James Burke

    as

  • John Davidson

    as

  • George Davis

    as

  • Anna Duncan

    as

  • May Foster

    as

  • Ivan Linow

    as

  • James A. Marcus

    as

  • Eunice Murdock Moore

    as

  • Patricia Patrick

    as

  • Warner Richmond

    as

  • Blanche Rose

    as

  • Katherine Sabichi

    as

  • Sam Savitsky

    as

  • Dina Smirnova

    as

  • Minnie Steele

    as

  • Belle Stoddard

    as

  • Kent Taylor

    as

  • Jameson Thomas

    as

  • Bruce Warren

    as

  • Leo White

    as

  • Harry Woods

    as
Directing Josef von Sternberg Director
Art Josef von Sternberg Art Direction
Production Josef von Sternberg Producer
Camera Bert Glennon Director of Photography
Production Emanuel Cohen Executive Producer
Editing Josef von Sternberg Editor
Editing Sam Winston Editor
Art Hans Dreier Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Travis Banton Costume Design
Sound Harry D. Mills Sound
Writing Manuel Komroff Writer
Writing Eleanor McGeary Writer

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