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The Emperor's Candlesticks is a american film of genre Drama directed by George Fitzmaurice released in USA on 2 july 1937 with Luise Rainer
The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 2 july 1937
Length 1h29
Directed by George Fitzmaurice
OriginUSA
Themes Spy films
Rating64%
The Emperor's Candlesticks is a 1937 film starring William Powell and Luise Rainer, based on the novel of the same name by Baroness Orczy. It was directed by George Fitzmaurice. The film is a story about spies from opposing sides who fall in love in pre-revolutionary Russia.
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While visiting Vienna incognito, Russian Grand Duke Peter (Robert Young) is lured away from a masquerade ball by the beautiful Maria (Maureen O'Sullivan), only to find himself the prisoner of Polish nationalists. Peter is made to write a letter to his father, the Czar of Russia, offering to exchange him for Maria's father, who has been sentenced to be executed.Actors
Luise Rainer
(Countess Olga Mironova)
William Powell
(Baron Stephan Wolensky)
Robert Young
(Grand Duke Peter)
Maureen O'Sullivan
(Maria Orlich)
Frank Morgan
(Colonel Baron Suroff)
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