The Rise of Catherine the Great

The Rise of Catherine the Great (1934)

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.

  • Genre: Drama, History
  • Release Date: 1934-02-09
  • User Rating: 5.9/10 from 16 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 35min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: London Films Productions
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Directors: Alexander Korda, Paul Czinner.
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Summary

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

  • Elisabeth Bergner

    as Catherine

  • Flora Robson

    as Empress Elisabeth

  • Gerald du Maurier

    as Lecocq

  • Irene Vanbrugh

    as Princess Anhalt-Zerbst

  • Joan Gardner

    as Katushienka

  • Dorothy Hale

    as Countess Olga

  • Diana Napier

    as Countess Vorontzova

  • Griffith Jones

    as Grigory Orlov

  • Gibb McLaughlin

    as Bestujhev

  • Clifford Heatherley

    as Ogarev

  • Laurence Hanray

    as Goudovitch

  • Allan Jeayes

    as Colonel Karnilov

  • Charles Carson

    as English Ambassador

  • Stewart Granger

    as Regiment Soldier

  • Judy Kelly

    as Guest at Hunting Lodge

  • John Turnbull

    as Rumyantsev

  • Michael Wilding

    as Regiment Soldier

  • Arnold Lucy

    as Minor Role

  • William Heughan

    as Minor Role

  • Heron Carvic

    as Minor Role
Directing Alexander Korda Director
Production Alexander Korda Producer
Production Ludovico Toeplitz Producer
Camera Georges Périnal Director of Photography
Writing Melchior Lengyel Story
Production David B. Cunynghame Production Manager
Writing Melchior Lengyel Theatre Play
Writing Lajos Biró Story
Sound Muir Mathieson Original Music Composer
Directing Paul Czinner Director
Writing Marjorie Deans Scenario Writer
Camera Robert LaPresle Camera Operator
Directing Arthur Wimperis Continuity
Costume & Make-Up B.J. Simmons Costume Design
Sound Ernst Toch Original Music Composer
Costume & Make-Up John Armstrong Costume Design
Sound A.W. Watkins Sound
Editing Stephen Harrison Editor
Directing Geoffrey Boothby Assistant Director
Camera Robert Krasker Camera Operator
Writing Lajos Biró Theatre Play
Editing Harold Young Supervising Editor
Writing Arthur Wimperis Story
Art Vincent Korda Settings
Sound Muir Mathieson Music Director
Directing Lajos Biró Continuity
Directing Melchior Lengyel Continuity
Writing Marjorie Deans Screenplay

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