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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.

Even though substantial historical liberties are taken, the film is viewed positively by modern critics.[2][3] The Scarlet Empress is particularly notable for its attentive lighting and the expressionist art design that von Sternberg created for the Russian palace.

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.

Cast
Marlene Dietrich as Princess Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg, later Empress Catherine II
John Lodge as Count Alexey Razumovsky
Sam Jaffe as Grand Duke Peter, later Emperor Peter III
Louise Dresser as Empress Elizaveta Petrovna
C. Aubrey Smith as Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine
Gavin Gordon as Captain Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov
Olive Tell as Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp, mother of Catherine
Ruthelma Stevens as Elizaveta Vorontsova, mistress of Peter III
Davison Clark as Archimandrite Simeon Todorsky / Arch-Episcopope
Erville Alderson as Chancellor Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin
Philip Sleeman as Jean Armand de Lestocq, the court physician
Marie Wells as Marie Tshoglokof, one of Catherine's ladies-in-waiting
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski as Ivan Shuvalov, Empress Elizabeth's paramour
Gerald Fielding as Lieutenant Dimitri
Maria Riva as Sophia (as a child)