During the 18th century, German noblewoman Sophia Frederica, who would later become Catherine the Great, travels to Moscow to marry the dimwitted Grand Duke Peter, the heir to the Russian throne. Their arranged marriage proves to be loveless, and Catherine takes many lovers, including the handsome Count Alexei, and bears a son. When the unstable Peter eventually ascends to the throne, Catherine plots to oust him from power.
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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 as
Eric Alden as
Elinor Fair as
Julanne Johnston as
Agnes Steele as
Philip Sleeman as
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski as
Gerald Fielding as
Richard Alexander as
Nadine Beresford as
Hal Boyer as
James Burke as
John Davidson as
George Davis as
Anna Duncan as
May Foster as
Ivan Linow as
James A. Marcus as
Eunice Murdock Moore as
Patricia Patrick as
Warner Richmond as
Blanche Rose as
Katherine Sabichi as
Sam Savitsky as
Dina Smirnova as
Minnie Steele as
Belle Stoddard as
Kent Taylor as
Jameson Thomas as
Bruce Warren as
Leo White as
Harry Woods as
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