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The Rise of Catherine the Great

Dir. Paul Czinner·1934·1h 35m

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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The Rise of Catherine the Great

The Rise of Catherine the Great (1934)

Paul Czinner

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1h 35m
Cross-source blend ~58/100

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United Kingdom

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5.8/10

22 votes

Rating consensus

58/100 blend

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Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~58/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.

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

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