The Scarlet Empress

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Ratings & Reviews

6.9/10

142 votes

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Box Office Performance

Financial performance & earnings

Budget

$900,000

Production Cost

Popularity Trend(Wikipedia)

60-Day Views

3.9K

Daily Avg

7-Day Trend

-6%

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Story Setting

Set In

Germany

Characters

Peter III of Russia

Elizabeth I of Russia

Grigory Orlov

Alexey Razumovsky

Elizaveta Vorontsova

Jean Armand de Lestocq

Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin

Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov

Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst

Catherine II of Russia

Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp

Extended Crew & Production

Cinematography

Bert Glennon

Film Editing

Josef von Sternberg

Music / Score

Max Steiner

Costume Design

Travis Banton

Production Design

Hans Dreier

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Distributors

NetflixParamount Pictures

Technical Specifications

Color

black-and-white

Format

video on demand

Where to Watch The Scarlet Empress

Available in 10 countries

Country	Stream	Free	Rent	Buy
United States of AmericaNR	FlixFling	—	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling	Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
United Kingdom12	—	—	Amazon Video	Amazon Video
Canada	FlixFling	—	FlixFling	FlixFling
India	—	—	Amazon Video	—

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Age Ratings by Country

United StatesNR

United Kingdom12

Sweden15

Production

Director

Josef von Sternberg

Writers

Manuel Komroff, Eleanor McGeary

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Cast

Marlene Dietrich

Princess Sophia Frederica / Catherine II

John Lodge

Count Alexei

Sam Jaffe

Grand Duke Peter

Louise Dresser

Empress Elizabeth Petrovna

C. Aubrey Smith

Prince August

Gavin Gordon

Capt. Gregori Orloff

Olive Tell

Princess Johanna Elizabeth

Ruthelma Stevens

Countess Elizabeth 'Lizzie'

Davison Clark

Archimandrite Simeon Todorsky / Arch-Episcope

Erville Alderson

Chancelor Alexei Bestuchef

Maria Riva

Sophia as a Child

Jane Darwell

Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)

Tags & Keywords

based on novel or bookroyal familybiographyempressroyaltypre-code18th centurycatherine the great

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