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The Rise of Catherine the Great ()

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Straightforward biography of the Russian Empress, up to her assumption of the throne.
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Grand Duke Peter (as Douglas Fairbanks Jnr.)
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Catherine
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Empress Elisabeth
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Lecocq
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Princess Anhalt-Zerbst
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Katushienka
Dorothy Hale ...
Countess Olga
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Countess Vorontzova
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Grigory Orlov
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Bestujhev (as Gibb Maclaughlin)
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Ogarev
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Goudovitch
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Colonel Karnilov
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English Ambassador (uncredited)
Heron Carvic ...
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Regiment Soldier (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
William Heughan ...
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Guest at Hunting Lodge (uncredited)
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Rumyantsev (uncredited)
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Paul Czinner
Alexander Korda ... (uncredited)

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Lajos Biró ... (story) (as Lajos Biro) &
Arthur Wimperis ... (story) and
Melchior Lengyel ... (story)
 
Lajos Biró ... (dialogue) (as Lajos Biro) &
Arthur Wimperis ... (dialogue) and
Melchior Lengyel ... (dialogue)
 
Marjorie Deans ... (scenarist)
 
Lajos Biró ... (play "The Czarina") (uncredited)
 
Melchior Lengyel ... (play "The Czarina") (uncredited)

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Alexander Korda ... producer (uncredited)
Ludovico Toeplitz ... producer (uncredited)

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Muir Mathieson
Ernst Toch ... (uncredited)

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Georges Périnal ... (photography) (as Georges Perinal)

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Stephen Harrison

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Harold Young ... supervising editor

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John Armstrong ... (costumes)

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David B. Cunynghame ... production manager

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Geoffrey Boothby ... assistant director

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A. Hallam ... architect
Leila Rubin ... settings (as Vincent Korda)
Hans Otto Wendt ... poster artist : West Germany (uncredited)
Moje Åslund ... poster artist: Sweden (uncredited)

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A.W. Watkins ... sound

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Robert LaPresle ... camera
Robert Krasker ... camera operator (uncredited)

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B.J. Simmons ... costumier: King Street Covent Garden

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Muir Mathieson ... musical director (uncredited)

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Lajos Biró ... continuity (as Lajos Biro)
Melchior Lengyel ... continuity
Arthur Wimperis ... continuity

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Suzanne Demars ... french voice dubbing: Elisabeth Bergner (uncredited)
Igor Gorochov ... french dubbing director (uncredited)
Dagmar Gérard ... french voice dubbing: Flora Robson (uncredited)
Lucien Nat ... french voice dubbing: Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

In 1745, a German Princess, renamed Catherine (Elisabeth Bergner), arrives to marry Grand Duke Peter of Russia (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.), whom she initially likes. But his suspicious, unstable nature gradually estranges them, and Peter finds solace with pretty courtiers. Catherine invents her own (fictitious) lovers, temporarily improving matters. Alas, accession to the throne brings out the worst in Peter, and loyal Catherine is urged to assume power. Written by Rod Crawford

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Taglines 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. (Print Ad-New York Sun, ((New York NY)) 12 February 1934) See more »
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Also Known As
  • Catherine the Great (United Kingdom)
  • Catherine de Russie (France)
  • Katharina die Große (Germany)
  • Catalina la Grande (Spain)
  • Catalina de Rusia (Spain)
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Trivia At the time of its U.S. re-release in 1947, this movie was most frequently paired in second position on a double bill topped by the re-release of The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933). See more »
Goofs When Peter marries Catherine in a Russian Orthodox service, they respond to the the lines "Do you take this man/woman to be your lawful wedded husband/wife... until death do you part?" These lines are not part of a traditional Orthodox service. The bride and groom usually do not say anything during the service. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in How to Stage a Coup (2017). See more »
Crazy Credits Openng credits prologue: RUSSIA 1745 THE HUNTING LODGE OF GRAND DUKE PETER, HEIR TO THE THRONE. See more »
Quotes Catherine: Officer! Officer! Please show me the way out.
Grand Duke Peter: Out of where?
Catherine: Out of the palace! Out of the town! Out of the whole barbarian country!
Grand Duke Peter: What's happened?
Catherine: He insulted me!
Grand Duke Peter: Who?
Catherine: The Grand Duke Peter.
Grand Duke Peter: Oh, that fellow.
Catherine: You know him?
Grand Duke Peter: Oh, yes, I know him.
Catherine: Oh, then perhaps you know why he refuses to marry me... why he refuses even to see me.
Grand Duke Peter: Well... well, perhaps they suggested some other German princesses to him. Maybe... maybe he prefers one of them.
Catherine: Which one?
Grand Duke Peter: Well, there's the, uh, Mecklenburg princess.
Catherine: Oh, that's impossible!
Grand Duke Peter: Why?
Catherine: Because she has a cavalier moustache and rabbit's teeth.
Grand Duke Peter: Well, then there's the, uh, the Oldenburg princess.
Catherine: Which one? Which one? There are four. Oh, old maids! I know them all. I tell you I'm far the best, and far the prettiest too.
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