The Scarlet Empress (1934) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Josef von Sternberg.

Cast

• Marlene Dietrich as Princess Sophia Frederica / Catherine II
• John Lodge as Count Alexei
• Sam Jaffe as Grand Duke Peter
• Louise Dresser as Empress Elizabeth Petrovna
• C. Aubrey Smith as Prince August
• Gavin Gordon as Capt. Gregori Orloff
• Olive Tell as Princess Johanna Elizabeth
• Ruthelma Stevens as Countess Elizabeth 'Lizzie'
• Davison Clark as Archimandrite Simeon Todorsky / Arch-Episcope
• Erville Alderson as Chancelor Alexei Bestuchef
• Maria Riva as Sophia as a Child
• Jane Darwell as Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)
• Edward Van Sloan as Herr Wagner (uncredited)
• Akim Tamiroff as Bit Part (uncredited)
• Marie Wells
• Eric Alden
• Elinor Fair
• Julanne Johnston
• Agnes Steele
• Philip Sleeman
• Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
• Gerald Fielding
• Richard Alexander
• Nadine Beresford
• Hal Boyer
• James Burke
• John Davidson
• George Davis
• Anna Duncan
• May Foster
• Ivan Linow
• James A. Marcus
• Eunice Murdock Moore
• Patricia Patrick
• Warner Richmond
• Blanche Rose
• Katherine Sabichi
• Sam Savitsky
• Dina Smirnova
• Minnie Steele

Crew

• Josef von Sternberg — Director
• Josef von Sternberg — Producer
• Bert Glennon — Director of Photography
• Manuel Komroff — Writer
• Eleanor McGeary — Writer

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