Alexei saves the Czarina from conspirators and is rewarded with her love. He deserts his sweetheart Anna, but discovers that his Queen is unfaithful too. Enraged, Alexei becomes a leader in the ongoing revolution against the royals.
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Cast
| Pola Negri | ... |
Catherine (the Czarina)
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| Rod La Rocque | ... |
Capt. Alexei Czerny
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| Adolphe Menjou | ... |
Chancellor
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| Pauline Starke | ... |
Anna
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| Fred Malatesta | ... |
French ambassador
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Nick De Ruiz | ... |
The General
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| Carrie Daumery | ... |
Lady-in-Waiting
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| Clark Gable | ... |
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| Carlton Griffin | ... |
Officer (uncredited)
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| William Quinn | ... |
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Directed by
| Ernst Lubitsch | ||
Written by
| Lajos Biró | ... | (play "The Czarina") |
| Agnes Christine Johnston | ... | (adaptation) |
| Hanns Kräly | ... | (adaptation) (as Hans Kraly) |
| Melchior Lengyel | ... | (play "The Czarina") (as Menyhért Lengyel) |
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Art Direction by
| Hans Dreier | ||
Costume Design by
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Additional Crew
| Jesse L. Lasky | ... | presenter |
| Adolph Zukor | ... | presenter |
Production Companies
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- Paramount Pictures (1924) (United States) (theatrical)
- Universum Film (UFA) (1925) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Sascha-Film-Industrie (1925) (Austria) (theatrical)
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Storyline
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Forbidden Paradise is a 1924 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by German film director Ernst Lubitsch. The film is based on a 1922 Broadway play, The Czarina, by Edward Sheldon who adapted the Hungarian language book of Melchior Lengyel and Lajos Bíró. The play starred Doris Keane, in one of her last stage roles, about Catherine the Great. Basil Rathbone costarred with Keane. The film starred Pola Negri as Catherine the Great and Rod La Rocque in the Rathbone role. The film marked Clark Gable's second film appearance. |
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| Taglines | THE first American-made Negri picture under the direction of Lubitsch, the man who made "Passion" and "The Marriage Circle." You know it's a winner! (Print Ad-Spokane Daily Chronicle, ((Spokane, Wash.)) 20 December 1924) See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Movie Connections | Featured in The House That Shadows Built (1931). See more » |