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09/02/1934 Drama, History 1h 35m
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The more he hated her, the more she loved him...this girl of MANY loves who rose to rule a hundred million souls but could not govern her own heart.

Overview

The woman who will become Catherine the Great marries into the Russian royal family when she weds Grand Duke Peter, the nephew of Empress Elizabeth. Although the couple has moments of contentment, Peter's cruel and erratic behavior causes a rift between him and Catherine. Mere months after Peter succeeds his aunt as the ruler of Russia, a revolt is brewing, and Catherine is poised to ascend to the throne as the country's new empress.

  1. Paul Czinner

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

    Grand Duke Peter

  2. Elisabeth Bergner

    Catherine

  3. Flora Robson

    Empress Elisabeth

  4. Gerald du Maurier

    Lecocq

  5. Irene Vanbrugh

    Princess Anhalt-Zerbst

  6. Joan Gardner

    Katushienka

  7. Dorothy Hale

    Countess Olga

  8. Diana Napier

    Countess Vorontzova

  9. Griffith Jones

    Grigory Orlov

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-13
Some actors just emit a sort of magnetism through the camera - and Douglas Fairbanks Jr (Grand Duke Peter) does it in spades in this rather prosaic depiction of the early life of Catherine II of Russia. When Princess Sophie (Elisabeth Bergner) is chosen to marry the young Grand Duke by his aunt, Empress Elisabeth (Flora Robson) and the Kaiser, she arrives in a court where it isn't just the weather that is ice cold. Their relationship develops, in fits and starts, as she decides she is not going to simply be his trophy bride. Bergner depicts the young woman well, combining the personas of naive...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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