The Rise of Catherine the Great

Name: The Rise of Catherine the Great
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1934-02-09
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 5.818

★ 5,8 /10 (22 Votes)

1934 EN 95 min

Overview

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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Release date

09/02/1934

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Popularity

1.2

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.

Genres

Drama History

Status

Released

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Runtime

95 min

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

Judy Kelly

Guest at Hunting Lodge

John Turnbull

Rumyantsev

Michael Wilding

Regiment Soldier

Arnold Lucy

Minor Role

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William Heughan

Minor Role

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Heron Carvic

Minor Role

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Some actors just emit a sort of magnetism through the camera - and Douglas Fairbanks Jr (Grand Duke Peter) does it in spades in this rather prosaic depiction of the early life of Catherine II of Russia. When Princess Sophie (Elisabeth Bergner) is chosen to marry the young Grand Duke by his aunt, Empress Elisabeth (Flora Robson) and the Kaiser, she arrives in a court where it isn't just the weather that is ice cold. Their relationship develops, in fits and starts, as she decides she is not going to simply be his trophy bride. Bergner depicts the young woman well, combining the personas of naive…

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