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The Scarlet Empress

6.9 104 mins Drama   History   Romance   1934
Paramount Pictures  
Director(s): Josef von Sternberg

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.

Casts of The Scarlet Empress

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)

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