The Rise of Catherine the Great
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.
Directed by Paul Czinner
Plot
The woman who will become Catherine the Great marries into the Russian royal family when she weds Grand Duke Peter, the nephew of Empress Elizabeth. Although the couple has moments of contentment, Peter's cruel and erratic behavior causes a rift between him and Catherine. Mere months after Peter succeeds his aunt as the ruler of Russia, a revolt is brewing, and Catherine is poised to ascend to the throne as the country's new empress.
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Cast
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Grand Duke Peter
Elisabeth Bergner
Catherine
Flora Robson
Empress Elisabeth
Gerald du Maurier
Lecocq
Irene Vanbrugh
Princess Anhalt-Zerbst
Joan Gardner
Katushienka
Dorothy Hale
Countess Olga
Diana Napier
Countess Vorontzova
Griffith Jones
Grigory Orlov
Gibb McLaughlin
Bestujhev
Clifford Heatherley
Ogarev
Laurence Hanray
Goudovitch
Allan Jeayes
Colonel Karnilov
Charles Carson
English Ambassador
Stewart Granger
Regiment Soldier