
The Scarlet Empress
The Reigning Beauty of the Screen!
1934 en 104 minutes
Rating: 6.9
Plot
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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Cast

Marlene Dietrich
Princess Sophia Frederica / Catherine II

John Lodge
Count Alexei

Sam Jaffe
Grand Duke Peter

Louise Dresser
Empress Elizabeth Petrovna

C. Aubrey Smith
Prince August

Gavin Gordon
Capt. Gregori Orloff

Olive Tell
Princess Johanna Elizabeth

Ruthelma Stevens
Countess Elizabeth 'Lizzie'

Davison Clark
Archimandrite Simeon Todorsky / Arch-Episcope

Erville Alderson
Chancelor Alexei Bestuchef

Maria Riva
Sophia as a Child

Jane Darwell
Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)

Edward Van Sloan
Herr Wagner (uncredited)

Akim Tamiroff
Bit Part (uncredited)

Marie Wells

Eric Alden

Elinor Fair

Julanne Johnston

Agnes Steele

Philip Sleeman

Hans Heinrich von Twardowski

Gerald Fielding

Richard Alexander

Nadine Beresford

Hal Boyer

James Burke

John Davidson

George Davis

Anna Duncan

May Foster

Ivan Linow

James A. Marcus

Eunice Murdock Moore

Patricia Patrick

Warner Richmond

Blanche Rose

Katherine Sabichi

Sam Savitsky

Dina Smirnova

Minnie Steele

Belle Stoddard

Kent Taylor

Jameson Thomas

Bruce Warren

Leo White

Harry Woods