The Scarlet Empress (1934)

Synopsis

Cast & Credits

• Cast

  • • Sophia Augusta Frederica, 'Catherine II'

      Marlene Dietrich

    • Count Alexei

      John Lodge

    • Grand Duke Peter

      Sam Jaffe

    • Empress Elizabeth

      Louise Dresser

    • Prince August

      C. Aubrey Smith

    • Gregory Orloff

      Gavin Gordon

    • Princess Johanna

      Olive Tell

    • Countess Elizabeth

      Ruthelma Stevens

    • Archimandrite Simeon Tevedovsky

      Davison Clark

    • Chancellor Bestucheff

      Erville Alderson

    • Count Lestocq

      Sleeman, Philip G.

    • Marie Tshoglokof

      Marie Wells

    • Ivan Shuvolov

      Twardowski, Hans von

    • Lieutenant Dmitri

      Gerald Fielding

    • Sophia, as a child

      Maria

    • [Lieutenant Ovtsyn]

      Jameson Thomas

    • [Herr Wagner]

      Edward Van Sloan

    • [Mademoiselle Cardell]

      Jane Darwell

    • [doctor]

      Harry Woods

    • [Marquis de la Chetardie]

      John Davidson

    • [Paul]

      Kent Taylor

    • [Count von Breummer]

      Richard Alexander

    • [guard]

      Eric Alden

    • [guard]

      James Burke

    • [1st aunt]

      Belle Stoddard Johnstone

    • [2nd aunt]

      Nadine Beresford

    • [3rd aunt]

      Eunice Moore

    • [4th aunt]

      Petra Mcallister

    • [innkeeper]

      James Marcus

    • [1st Narcissus]

      Thomas C. Blythe

    • [2nd Narcissus]

      Clyde David

    • [Elizabeth's lady-in-waiting]

      Agnes Steele

    • [Elizabeth's lady-in-waiting]

      Barbara Sabichi

    • [Elizabeth's lady-in-waiting]

      May Foster

    • [Elizabeth's lady-in-waiting]

      Minnie Steele

    • [Catherine's lady-in-waiting]

      Dina Smirnova

    • [Catherine's lady-in-waiting]

      Anna Duncan

    • [Catherine's lady-in-waiting]

      Patricia Patrick

    • [Catherine's lady-in-waiting]

      Elaine St. Maur

    • [Catherine's lady-in-waiting]

      Julanne Johnston

    • [Catherine's lady-in-waiting]

      Elinor Fair

    • [Catherine's lady-in-waiting]

      Katherine Sabichi

    • [lackey]

      Bruce Warren

    • [2nd lackey]

      Hal Boyer

    • [jester]

      George Davis

    • [.]

      Blanche Rose

    • [.]

      John Beresford

• Credits

  • Direction:

    • Director

      Josef von Sternberg

    Production:

    • Production Company

      Paramount Productions

    • Presented by

      Adolph Zukor

    • [Executive Producer]

      Emanuel Cohen

    • [Producer]

      Josef von Sternberg

    Writing:

    • [Screenplay Arranged] By

      Manuel Komroff

    • [Contributor to Script Construction]

      Elizabeth Mcgeary

    Photography:

    • Photography

      Bert Glennon

    Editing:

    • [Film Editor]

      Sam Winston

    Design:

    • [Art Director]

      Hans Dreier

    • [Icons and Wall Paintings]

      Richard Kollorsz

    • [Statues]

      Peter Ballbusch

    Costumes:

    • [Costumes]

      Travis Banton

    Titles:

    • [Titles/Effects]

      Gordon Jennings

    Music:

    • [Additional Music]

      Josef von Sternberg

    • [Music Arranger]

      John Leipold

    • [Music Arranger]

      W. Franke Harling

    • [Additional Music Arranger]

      Milan Roder

    Sound:

    • [Recording Engineer]

      Mills, Harry