Film

The Rise of Catherine the Great

1934 · 1h 35m · Drama · History

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.

IMDb

6.3

Rotten Tomatoes

57%

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.

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

• Paul CzinnerDirector
• Marjorie DeansScreenplay
• Melchior LengyelStory
• Arthur WimperisStory
• Lajos BiróStory
• Alexander KordaProducer
• Ludovico ToeplitzProducer
• Georges PérinalDirector of Photography
• Ernst TochOriginal Music Composer
• Muir MathiesonOriginal Music Composer

Release date

February 9, 1934

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

NR

Genres

Drama, History

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