THE SCARLET EMPRESS.

Catherine is the daughter of a minor German prince and an ambitious mother. She is brought to Russia by Count Alexei (John Davis Lodge) to marry her nephew, Grand Duke Peter. Catherine plots and exercises a coup, beginning a reign as Empress that will leave her known to history as Catherine the Great.

Credits

Cast
Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge, Sam Jaffe
Complete catalog record
THE SCARLET EMPRESS. Presented by Adolph Zukor. 1934. 13 reels, sd. Based on a diary of Catharine the Great, arranged by Manuel Komroff. Credits: Director, Josef Von Sternberg; music score based on Tschaikowsky and Mendelssohn; music by John M. Leipold, W. Franke Harling. Paramount Productions, Inc.; 5Sep34; LP4932.

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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, genre, description, credits, catalog record
  2. Wikidata · Q279465 ↗ — color, country