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The Scarlet Empress

The Reigning Beauty of the Screen!

09 May 1934
  • United States of America
104 mins
6.909
132 votes
  • Drama
  • History
  • Romance
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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.
  • 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)

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