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The Scarlet Empress

1934, Movie, NR, 110 mins

The Scarlet Empress: Review

For lovers of cinema, this film is practically a religious experience. Like Griffith's INTOLERANCE, Von Stroheim's GREED or Ophuls's LOLA MONTES, this is one of those masterpieces which contemporaries just couldn't grip. Josef von Sternberg's name was scarlet in Hollywood after he made this costly, indulgent box-office failure, but his work has been entirely vindicated by the passing of time. A highly romanticized rendering of the life of Catherine the Great, from her childh... read more leave a comment

The Scarlet Empress: Cast & Details

Year: 1934
Rated NR

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Cast
Marlene Dietrich: Sophia Frederica
John Lodge: Count Alexei
Sam Jaffe: Grand Duke Peter
Louise Dresser: Empress Elizabeth
Maria Sieber: Sophia as a Child
C. Aubrey Smith: Prince August

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