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