The Rise of Catherine the Great (1934)
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.
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Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
as Grand Duke Peter
as Grand Duke Peter
Elisabeth Bergner
as Catherine
as Catherine
Flora Robson
as Empress Elisabeth
as Empress Elisabeth
Gerald du Maurier
as Lecocq
as Lecocq
Irene Vanbrugh
as Princess Anhalt-Zerbst
as Princess Anhalt-Zerbst
Joan Gardner
as Katushienka
as Katushienka
Dorothy Hale
as Countess Olga
as Countess Olga
Diana Napier
as Countess Vorontzova
as Countess Vorontzova
Griffith Jones
as Grigory Orlov
as Grigory Orlov
Gibb McLaughlin
as Bestujhev
as Bestujhev
Clifford Heatherley
as Ogarev
as Ogarev
Laurence Hanray
as Goudovitch
as Goudovitch
Allan Jeayes
as Colonel Karnilov
as Colonel Karnilov
Charles Carson
as English Ambassador
as English Ambassador
Stewart Granger
as Regiment Soldier
as Regiment Soldier
Judy Kelly
as Guest at Hunting Lodge
as Guest at Hunting Lodge
John Turnbull
as Rumyantsev
as Rumyantsev
Michael Wilding
as Regiment Soldier
as Regiment Soldier
Arnold Lucy
as Minor Role
as Minor Role
William Heughan
as Minor Role
as Minor Role
Heron Carvic
as Minor Role
as Minor Role
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Alexander Korda
Director
Director
Alexander Korda
Producer
Producer
Ludovico Toeplitz
Producer
Producer
Georges Périnal
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Melchior Lengyel
Story
Story
Arthur Wimperis
Story
Story
Paul Czinner
Director
Director
Lajos Biró
Story
Story
Melchior Lengyel
Continuity
Continuity
Stephen Harrison
Editor
Editor
Ernst Toch
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Geoffrey Boothby
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
A.W. Watkins
Sound
Sound
Marjorie Deans
Scenario Writer
Scenario Writer
Muir Mathieson
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Lajos Biró
Theatre Play
Theatre Play
Melchior Lengyel
Theatre Play
Theatre Play
Lajos Biró
Continuity
Continuity
Robert Krasker
Camera Operator
Camera Operator
David B. Cunynghame
Production Manager
Production Manager
Vincent Korda
Settings
Settings
B.J. Simmons
Costume Design
Costume Design
Harold Young
Supervising Editor
Supervising Editor
Robert LaPresle
Camera Operator
Camera Operator
Muir Mathieson
Music Director
Music Director
John Armstrong
Costume Design
Costume Design
Arthur Wimperis
Continuity
Continuity
Marjorie Deans
Screenplay
Screenplay
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