---
title: 'The Scarlet Empress (1934)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Josef von Sternberg'
released: '1934-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 104
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-scarlet-empress-1934'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025746/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Scarlet Empress (1934)

1934 · 104 min · Drama, History · United States


## Synopsis

The Scarlet Empress is a 1934 American historical drama film starring Marlene Dietrich and John Lodge about the life of Catherine the Great. It was directed and produced by Josef von Sternberg from a screenplay by Eleanor McGeary, loosely based on the diary of Catherine arranged by Manuel Komroff. The film stars Dietrich as Catherine, supported by Lodge, Sam Jaffe, Louise Dresser, and C. Aubrey Smith. Dietrich's daughter Maria Riva plays Catherine as a child.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Josef von Sternberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-von-sternberg)
- **Producer:** [Josef von Sternberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-von-sternberg), [Adolph Zukor](https://cinepixo.com/people/adolph-zukor)
- **Editor:** [Josef von Sternberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-von-sternberg)
- **Screenplay:** [Manuel Komroff](https://cinepixo.com/people/manuel-komroff)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Max Steiner](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-steiner)
- **Director of Photography:** [Bert Glennon](https://cinepixo.com/people/bert-glennon)

## Cast

- [Hans Heinrich von Twardowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-heinrich-von-twardowski) as Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov
- [Leo White](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-white)
- [C. Aubrey Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/c-aubrey-smith) as Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
- [Jane Darwell](https://cinepixo.com/people/jane-darwell) as Miss Cardell
- [Jameson Thomas](https://cinepixo.com/people/jameson-thomas) as tenente Ovtsyn
- [Akim Tamiroff](https://cinepixo.com/people/akim-tamiroff)
- [Elinor Fair](https://cinepixo.com/people/elinor-fair) as dama di compagnia
- [Philip Sleeman](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-sleeman) as Jean Armand de Lestocq
- [Ruthelma Stevens](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruthelma-stevens) as Elizaveta Vorontsova
- [Marlene Dietrich](https://cinepixo.com/people/marlene-dietrich) as Catherine II of Russia
- [Louise Dresser](https://cinepixo.com/people/louise-dresser) as Elizabeth I of Russia
- [Gavin Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/gavin-gordon) as Grigory Orlov
- [Erville Alderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/erville-alderson) as Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin
- [Harry Woods](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-woods) as le premier docteur
- [Olive Tell](https://cinepixo.com/people/olive-tell) as Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-scarlet-empress-1934
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