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.
Directed by Paul Czinner
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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
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