The Rise of Catherine the Great
1934 · Movie · 95 min. · United Kingdom
A quick-witted and compelling dramatization of the troubled marriage of Catherine II (played by German actress Elisabeth Bergner, in her English-language debut) to Peter III (a randy Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) and her subsequent ascension to the throne as Empress of Russia. With its luxurious renderings of the eighteenth-century St. Petersburg royal court and its nearly screwball evocation of Catherine and Peter’s teasing relationship, The Rise of Catherine the Great was a wise and worthy follow-up to Henry VIII.
Direction Paul Czinner · Alexander Korda
Cast Elisabeth Bergner · Douglas Fairbanks Jr. · Flora Robson · Gerald du Maurier · Irene Vanbrugh · Joan Gardner · Dorothy Hale · Diana Napier · Griffith Jones · Gibb McLaughlin · Clifford Heatherley
Soundtrack Ernst Toch
Screenplay Marjorie Deans · Arthur Wimperis · Lajos Biro · Melchior Lengyel
Cinematography Georges Périnal
Original title The Rise of Catherine the Great
Also known as Catherine the Great
5.6
58 votes (FilmAffinity)
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