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