Top billed cast

1. 

   Marlene Dietrich

   Princess Sophia Frederica / Catherine II

2. 

   John Lodge

   Count Alexei

3. 

   Sam Jaffe

   Grand Duke Peter

4. 

   Louise Dresser

   Empress Elizabeth Petrovna

5. 

   C. Aubrey Smith

   Prince August

6. 

   Gavin Gordon

   Capt. Gregori Orloff

7. 

   Olive Tell

   Princess Johanna Elizabeth

8. 

   Ruthelma Stevens

   Countess Elizabeth 'Lizzie'

9. 

   Davison Clark

   Archimandrite Simeon Todorsky / Arch-Episcope

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-13

If anyone was to have actually filmed aspects of the life of the Princess at the time, then they could hardly have come up with anything more authentic than this fabulous Von Sternberg dramatisation of the rise, and rise of Catherine the Great. Marlene Dietrich is superb as the schemed against who becomes the scheming Grand Duchess married off to the imbecilic nephew (played by a superb Sam Jaffe) of the Empress Elizabeth (an imperious Louise Dresser). Through her series of lovers and strategic alliances, she deposes her idiot husband and accedes to the throne. The (lingering) intimacy of the ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$900,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• based on novel or book
• royal family
• biography
• empress
• royalty
• pre-code
• 18th century
• catherine the great