The Rise of Catherine the Great
1934The 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.
Acted in
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
Allan Jeayes
as Colonel Karnilov
Charles Carson
as English Ambassador
Stewart Granger
as Regiment Soldier
Judy Kelly
as Guest at Hunting Lodge
John Turnbull
as Rumyantsev
Michael Wilding
as Regiment Soldier
Arnold Lucy
as Minor Role
William Heughan
as Minor Role
Heron Carvic
as Minor Role