---
title: 'A Royal Scandal (1945)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ernst Lubitsch'
released: '1945-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 94
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-royal-scandal-1945'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038040/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# A Royal Scandal (1945)

1945 · 94 min · Drama, History, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

A Royal Scandal, also known as Czarina, is a 1945 American comedy-drama film directed by Otto Preminger, produced by Ernst Lubitsch, about the lovelife of Russian empress Catherine the Great. It stars Tallulah Bankhead, Charles Coburn, Anne Baxter and William Eythe. The film was based on the play Die Zarin by Lajos Bíró and Melchior Lengyel.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ernst Lubitsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-lubitsch), [Otto Preminger](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-preminger)
- **Producer:** [Ernst Lubitsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-lubitsch)
- **Screenplay:** [Bruno Frank](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-frank), [Edwin Justus Mayer](https://cinepixo.com/people/edwin-justus-mayer)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alfred Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-newman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Arthur Charles Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-charles-miller)
- **Editor:** [Dorothy Spencer](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-spencer)

## Cast

- [Grady Sutton](https://cinepixo.com/people/grady-sutton)
- [Tallulah Bankhead](https://cinepixo.com/people/tallulah-bankhead)
- [John Russell](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-russell)
- [Friedrich von Ledebur](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedrich-von-ledebur)
- [Sig Ruman](https://cinepixo.com/people/sig-ruman)
- [William Eythe](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-eythe)
- [Vladimir Sokoloff](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-sokoloff)
- [Eva Gabor](https://cinepixo.com/people/eva-gabor)
- [Feodor Chaliapin Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/feodor-chaliapin-jr)
- [Mikhail Rasumny](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikhail-rasumny)
- [Anne Baxter](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-baxter)
- [Vincent Price](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-price)
- [Mischa Auer](https://cinepixo.com/people/mischa-auer)
- [Wilton Graff](https://cinepixo.com/people/wilton-graff)
- [Henry Victor](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-victor)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-royal-scandal-1945
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