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.
Marlene Dietrich | Princess Sophia Frederica | |
John Lodge | Count Alexei | |
Sam Jaffe | Grand Duke Peter | |
Louise Dresser | Empress Elizabeth Petrovna | |
C. Aubrey Smith | Prince August | |
Gavin Gordon | Capt. Gregori Orloff | |
Olive Tell | Princess Johanna Elizabeth | |
Ruthelma Stevens | Countess Elizabeth 'Lizzie' | |
Davison Clark | Archimandrite Simeon Todorsky | |
Erville Alderson | Chancelor Alexei Bestuchef | |
Philip Sleeman | Count Lestoq | |
Marie Wells | Marie Tshoglokof | |
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski | Ivan Shuvolov | |
Gerald Fielding | Lt. Dmitri | |
Maria Riva | Sophia as a Child | |
Eric Alden | Lackey #5 | |
Richard Alexander | Count von Breummer | |
Nadine Beresford | Sophia's Aunt | |
Thomas C. Blythe | Narcissus | |
Hal Boyer | Paul - Lackey #1 | |
James Burke | Guard | |
Jane Darwell | Miss Cardell / Sophia's Nurse | |
Clyde David | Narcissus | |
John Davidson | Marquis de la Chetardie | |
George Davis | Jester |
Director | Josef Von Sternberg | |
Writer | Manuel Komroff, Eleanor McGeary | |
Producer | Emanuel Cohen, Josef Von Sternberg | |
Photography | Bert Glennon |
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Added Date | Jul 03, 2018 19:57:47 |
Modified Date | Jun 12, 2022 00:34:42 |
Part of the Dietrich & von Sternberg in Hollywood set (Criterion Collection)