The Rise of Catherine the Great (1934)

ALL 02/09/1934 (en) Drama, History 95 Min
  • Release
    02/09/1934
  • Production
    London Films Productions
  • Rotten tomato
    59%
  • Original title
    The Rise of Catherine the Great
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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.

Overview

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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Casts

  1. Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

    Grand Duke Peter

  2. Elisabeth Bergner

    Catherine

  3. Flora Robson

    Empress Elisabeth

  4. Gerald du Maurier

    Lecocq

  5. Irene Vanbrugh

    Princess Anhalt-Zerbst

  6. Joan Gardner

    Katushienka

  7. Dorothy Hale

    Countess Olga

  8. Diana Napier

    Countess Vorontzova

  9. Griffith Jones

    Grigory Orlov

  10. Gibb McLaughlin

    Bestujhev

  11. Clifford Heatherley

    Ogarev

  12. Laurence Hanray

    Goudovitch

  13. Allan Jeayes

    Colonel Karnilov

  14. Charles Carson

    English Ambassador

  15. Stewart Granger

    Regiment Soldier

  16. Judy Kelly

    Guest at Hunting Lodge

  17. John Turnbull

    Rumyantsev

  18. Michael Wilding

    Regiment Soldier

  19. Arnold Lucy

    Minor Role

  20. William Heughan

    Minor Role

  21. Heron Carvic

    Minor Role

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 21 , Crews : 28

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The Rise of Catherine the Great (1934) 95 Min

ALL 02/09/1934 (en)
Drama, History
  • Release 02/09/1934
  • Production
    London Films Productions
  • Original title The Rise of Catherine the Great
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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.

Overview

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.

  1. Alexander Korda, Paul Czinner

    Director

  2. Lajos Biró, Arthur Wimperis, Melchior Lengyel

    Story

  3. Stephen Harrison

    Editor

  4. Alexander Korda, Ludovico Toeplitz

    Producer