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The Scarlet Empress

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Calorie Rating: 146
Released: 1934-05-09
Running Time: 104 Minutes
Budget: 900000
Studios: Paramount Pictures,


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.

Director / Directors



Cast

Marlene Dietrich
Character: Princess Sophia Frederica / Catherine II
John Lodge
Character: Count Alexei
Sam Jaffe
Character: Grand Duke Peter

Louise Dresser
Character: Empress Elizabeth Petrovna
C. Aubrey Smith
Character: Prince August
Gavin Gordon
Character: Capt. Gregori Orloff

Olive Tell
Character: Princess Johanna Elizabeth
Ruthelma Stevens
Character: Countess Elizabeth 'Lizzie'
Davison Clark
Character: Archimandrite Simeon Todorsky / Arch-Episcope

Erville Alderson
Character: Chancelor Alexei Bestuchef
Maria Riva
Character: Sophia as a Child
Jane Darwell
Character: Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)

Edward Van Sloan
Character: Herr Wagner (uncredited)
Akim Tamiroff
Character: Bit Part (uncredited)













Production and Crew

Bert Glennon
Director of Photography

Travis Banton
Costume Design
Emanuel Cohen
Executive Producer

Hans Dreier
Art Direction