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The Scarlet Empress
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Directed by: Josef von Sternberg

Overview

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.

Review (1)

  • CinemaSerf (Rated: 8)

    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 b...

Casts & Credits

  • Marlene Dietrich (Princess Sophia Frederica / Catherine II)

  • John Lodge (Count Alexei)

  • Sam Jaffe (Grand Duke Peter)

  • Louise Dresser (Empress Elizabeth Petrovna)

  • C. Aubrey Smith (Prince August)

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