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15 September 1934 (USA) moreTagline:
The Reigning Beauty of the Screen!Plot:
Young Princess Sophia of Germany is taken to Russia to marry the half-wit Grand Duke Peter, son of the Empress... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Luminous black and white ode to Marlene... moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Marlene Dietrich | ... | Princess Sophia Frederica / Catherine II | |
| John Lodge | ... | Count Alexei | |
| Sam Jaffe | ... | Grand Duke Peter | |
| Louise Dresser | ... | Empress Elizabeth Petrovna | |
| C. Aubrey Smith | ... | Prince August | |
| Gavin Gordon | ... | Capt. Gregori Orloff | |
| Olive Tell | ... | Princess Johanna Elizabeth | |
| Ruthelma Stevens | ... | Countess Elizabeth 'Lizzie' | |
| Davison Clark | ... | Archimandrite Simeon Todorsky / Arch-Episcope | |
| Erville Alderson | ... | Chancelor Alexei Bestuchef | |
| Philip Sleeman | ... | Count Lestoq (as Phillip Sleeman) | |
| Marie Wells | ... | Marie Tshoglokof | |
| Hans Heinrich von Twardowski | ... | Ivan Shuvolov (as Hans von Twardowski) | |
| Gerald Fielding | ... | Lt. Dmitri | |
| Maria Riva | ... | Sophia as a child (as Maria) |
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)Fun Stuff
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One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. moreGoofs:
Continuity: After Catherine stamps with her foot on the gold locket containing the portrait of Count Alexei, smashing it, she then flings it out of the window. The camera follows it as it falls slowly, glistening in the moonlight, through the branches of the tree outside her window, but it is completely undamaged. moreMovie Connections:
Referenced in Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008) (TV) moreSoundtrack:
Symphony No.4 in F Minor, Op.36 moreFAQ
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......I saw this years ago, but some of the images-Marlene on a swing, the charging horsemen, the bits w/ Sam Jaffe and C Aubrey Smith, most certainly stand out. It was definitely the director's way of putting his worship of Marlene on display for all to see, Catherine might as well have been Cleopatra or Eleanor of Aquitaine for all the historical accuracy-ha ha-they use.
This was a movie about excess as much as anything, curtains that go on forever, huge doors, loud music, etc. They just don't make them like this anymore and certainly couldn't afford to then, either.
I don't think I ever saw Marlene anymore sensual than in this film, and I agree, her idea of playing a 'poor innocent gal'-that isn't put across well at all. Sometimes you just can't fake it, no matter how hard you try.
*** outta ****, style over everything.