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The Scarlet Empress is a american film of genre Drama directed by Josef von Sternberg released in USA on 15 september 1934 with Marlene Dietrich
The Scarlet Empress (1934)
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Add to a movie listThe Scarlet Empress is a 1934 historical drama film made by Paramount Pictures about the life of Catherine the Great. It was directed and produced by Josef von Sternberg from a screenplay by Eleanor McGeary, loosely based on the diary of Catherine arranged by Manuel Komroff. Substantial historical liberties are taken.
The film stars von Sternberg's lover Marlene Dietrich as Catherine, supported by John Davis Lodge, Sam Jaffe, Louise Dresser, and C. Aubrey Smith. Dietrich's daughter Maria Riva plays Catherine as a child.
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Sophia Frederica (Dietrich) is the daughter of a minor German prince and an ambitious mother. She is brought to Russia by Count Alexei (Lodge) at the behest of Empress Elizabeth (Dresser) to marry her nephew, Grand Duke Peter (played as a half-wit by Jaffe in his film debut). The overbearing Elizabeth renames her Catherine and reinforces the demand the new bride issue an heir to the throne.Actors
Marlene Dietrich
(Princess Sophia Frederica / Catherine II)
John Lodge
(Count Alexei)
Sam Jaffe
(Grand Duke Peter)
Louise Dresser
(Empress Elizabeth Petrovna)
C. Aubrey Smith
(Prince August)
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