The Rise of Catherine the Great

5.8 1934 95 min
NR
Drama History

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 erra…

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Director
Paul Czinner
Writers
Lajos Biró, Arthur Wimperis, Melchior Lengyel, Marjorie Deans
Classification
NR

Cast

The cast behind this title

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

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