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The Rise of Catherine the Great( 1934)

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The more he hated her, the more she loved him...this girl of MANY loves who rose to rule a hundred million souls but could not govern her own heart.

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

      Grand Duke Peter

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      Elisabeth Bergner

      Catherine

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      Flora Robson

      Empress Elisabeth

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      Gerald du Maurier

      Lecocq

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      Irene Vanbrugh

      Princess Anhalt-Zerbst

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      Joan Gardner

      Katushienka

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      Dorothy Hale

      Countess Olga

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      Diana Napier

      Countess Vorontzova

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      Griffith Jones

      Grigory Orlov

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      Gibb McLaughlin

      Bestujhev

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      Clifford Heatherley

      Ogarev

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      Laurence Hanray

      Goudovitch

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      Allan Jeayes

      Colonel Karnilov

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      Charles Carson

      English Ambassador

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      Stewart Granger

      Regiment Soldier

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      Judy Kelly

      Guest at Hunting Lodge

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      John Turnbull

      Rumyantsev

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      Michael Wilding

      Regiment Soldier

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      Arnold Lucy

      Minor Role

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      William Heughan

      Minor Role

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      Heron Carvic

      Minor Role

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Jun 13 2022
    Some actors just emit a sort of magnetism through the camera - and Douglas Fairbanks Jr (Grand Duke Peter) does it in spades in this rather prosaic depiction of the early life of Catherine II of Russia. When Princess Sophie (Elisabeth Bergner) is chosen to marry the young Grand Duke by his aunt, Empress Elisabeth (Flora Robson) and the Kaiser, she arrives in a court where it isn't just the weather that is ice cold. Their relationship develops, in fits and starts, as she decides she is not going to simply be his trophy bride. Bergner depicts the young woman well, combining the personas of naive ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Keywords

    • princess
    • coup d'etat
    • biography
    • palace intrigue
    • catherine the great