The Rise of Catherine the Great
09/02/1934
2h



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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.
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
Colonel Karnilov


Charles Carson
English Ambassador


Stewart Granger
Regiment Soldier


Judy Kelly
Guest at Hunting Lodge


John Turnbull
Rumyantsev


Michael Wilding
Regiment Soldier


Arnold Lucy
Minor Role
William Heughan
Minor Role
Heron Carvic
Minor Role
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