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The Rise of Catherine the Great

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Calorie Rating: 133
Released: 1934-02-09
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 95 Minutes
Studios: London Films Productions,


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.

Director / Directors


Lajos Biró
Continuity
Geoffrey Boothby
Assistant Director



Cast

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Character: Grand Duke Peter
Elisabeth Bergner
Character: Catherine
Flora Robson
Character: Empress Elisabeth

Gerald du Maurier
Character: Lecocq
Irene Vanbrugh
Character: Princess Anhalt-Zerbst
Joan Gardner
Character: Katushienka

Dorothy Hale
Character: Countess Olga
Diana Napier
Character: Countess Vorontzova
Griffith Jones
Character: Grigory Orlov

Gibb McLaughlin
Character: Bestujhev
Clifford Heatherley
Character: Ogarev
Laurence Hanray
Character: Goudovitch

Allan Jeayes
Character: Colonel Karnilov
Charles Carson
Character: English Ambassador
Stewart Granger
Character: Regiment Soldier

Judy Kelly
Character: Guest at Hunting Lodge
John Turnbull
Character: Rumyantsev
Michael Wilding
Character: Regiment Soldier

Arnold Lucy
Character: Minor Role
William Heughan
Character: Minor Role
Heron Carvic
Character: Minor Role


Production and Crew

Georges Périnal
Director of Photography

Melchior Lengyel
Theatre Play
John Armstrong
Costume Design

Robert Krasker
Camera Operator
Harold Young
Supervising Editor

B.J. Simmons
Costume Design

Muir Mathieson
Music Director
Marjorie Deans
Scenario Writer
Ernst Toch
Original Music Composer

Robert LaPresle
Camera Operator
Muir Mathieson
Original Music Composer

Lajos Biró
Theatre Play
David B. Cunynghame
Production Manager

Marjorie Deans
Screenplay