The Rise of Catherine the Great
9 February 1934| 95 min
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.
Genres
DramaHistory
Cast
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Elisabeth Bergner
Flora Robson
Gerald du Maurier
Irene Vanbrugh
Joan Gardner
Dorothy Hale
Diana Napier
Griffith Jones
Gibb McLaughlin
Clifford Heatherley
Laurence Hanray
Allan Jeayes
Charles Carson
Stewart Granger
Judy Kelly
John Turnbull
Michael Wilding
Arnold Lucy
William Heughan
Heron Carvic
