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Cast
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | As: Grand Duke Peter | |
Elisabeth Bergner | As: Catherine | |
Flora Robson | As: Empress Elisabeth | |
Gerald du Maurier | As: Lecocq | |
Irene Vanbrugh | As: Princess Anhalt-Zerbst |
Storyline
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.
Tagline: | 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. |
Certification: | NR |
Cast
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. |
Grand Duke Peter |
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Elisabeth Bergner |
Catherine |
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Flora Robson |
Empress Elisabeth |
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Gerald du Maurier |
Lecocq |
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Irene Vanbrugh |
Princess Anhalt-Zerbst |
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Joan Gardner |
Katushienka |
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Dorothy Hale |
Countess Olga |
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Diana Napier |
Countess Vorontzova |
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Griffith Jones |
Grigory Orlov |
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Gibb McLaughlin |
Bestujhev |
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Clifford Heatherley |
Ogarev |
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Laurence Hanray |
Goudovitch |
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Allan Jeayes |
Colonel Karnilov |
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Charles Carson |
English Ambassador |
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Stewart Granger |
Regiment Soldier |
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Judy Kelly |
Guest at Hunting Lodge |
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John Turnbull |
Rumyantsev |
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Michael Wilding |
Regiment Soldier |
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Arnold Lucy |
Minor Role |
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William Heughan |
Minor Role |
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Heron Carvic |
Minor Role |
Directed By
Alexander Korda |
Director |
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Paul Czinner |
Director |
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Melchior Lengyel |
Continuity |
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Geoffrey Boothby |
Assistant Director |
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Lajos Biró |
Continuity |
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Arthur Wimperis |
Continuity |
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Writing Credits
Melchior Lengyel |
Story |
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Arthur Wimperis |
Story |
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Lajos Biró |
Story |
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Marjorie Deans |
Scenario Writer |
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Lajos Biró |
Theatre Play |
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Melchior Lengyel |
Theatre Play |
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Marjorie Deans |
Screenplay |
Production Crew
Alexander Korda |
Producer |
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Ludovico Toeplitz |
Producer |
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David B. Cunynghame |
Production Manager |
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Edited By
Stephen Harrison |
Editor |
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Harold Young |
Supervising Editor |
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Costume and Makeup
B.J. Simmons |
Costume Design |
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John Armstrong |
Costume Design |
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Sound
Ernst Toch |
Original Music Composer |
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A.W. Watkins |
Sound |
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Muir Mathieson |
Original Music Composer |
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Muir Mathieson |
Music Director |
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Visual Effects
Camera
Georges Périnal |
Director of Photography |
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Robert Krasker |
Camera Operator |
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Robert LaPresle |
Camera Operator |
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Lighting
Art Department
Vincent Korda |
Settings |
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Other Crew
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