Movie: "The Rise of Catherine the Great"
| Release Date: | Jan 1934 |
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| Genres: | Biography / Drama |
| Runtime: | 100 min. |
| Cast: | Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (Grand Duke Peter), Elisabeth Bergner (Catherine) Flora Robson (Empress Elisabeth) Gerald du Maurier (Lecocq) Irene Vanbrugh (Princess Anhalt-Zerbst) Joan Gardner (Katushienka) Dorothy Hale (Countess Olga) Diana Napier (Countess Vorontzova) Griffith Jones (Grigory Orlov) Gibb McLaughlin (Bestujhev) Clifford Heatherley (Ogarev) Laurence Hanray (Goudovitch) Allan Jeayes (Col. Karnilov) |
Storyline: In 1745 a German princess, renamed Catherine, arrives to marry Grand Duke Peter of Russia, whom she initially likes. But his suspicious, unstable nature gradually estranges them, and Peter finds solace with pretty courtiers. Catherine invents her own (fictitious) lovers, temporarily improving matters. Alas, accession to the throne brings out the worst in Peter, and loyal Catherine is urged to assume power.
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