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.
- Released
- 1934-02-09
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Paul Czinner, Marjorie Deans
- TMDB rating
- 5.8/10 from 22 votes
Cast
- 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