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The Rise of Catherine the Great

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Straightforward biography of the Russian Empress, up to her assumption of the throne.
Director
Paul Czinner, Alexander Korda
Year
1934
Genre
biography, drama, history
Box Office
N/A
Production
London Films Productions
Awards
2 wins & 1 nomination
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Grand Duke Peter
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Elisabeth Bergner
Catherine
Elisabeth Bergner
Flora Robson
Empress Elisabeth
Flora Robson
Gerald du Maurier
Lecocq
Gerald du Maurier
Irene Vanbrugh
Princess Anhalt-Zerbst
Irene Vanbrugh
Joan Gardner
Katushienka
Joan Gardner
Dorothy Hale
Countess Olga
Dorothy Hale
Diana Napier
Countess Vorontzova
Diana Napier
Griffith Jones
Grigory Orlov
Griffith Jones
Gibb McLaughlin
Bestujhev
Gibb McLaughlin
Ogarev
Clifford Heatherley
Goudovitch
Lawrence Hanray
Allan Jeayes
Colonel Karnilov
Allan Jeayes
Charles Carson
English Ambassador
Charles Carson
Minor Role
Heron Carvic
Stewart Granger
Regiment Soldier
Stewart Granger
Minor Role
William Heughan
Judy Kelly
Guest at Hunting Lodge
Judy Kelly
Arnold Lucy
Minor Role
Arnold Lucy
John Turnbull
Rumyantsev
John Turnbull
Michael Wilding
Regiment Soldier
Michael Wilding
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So you've been trying to upset my plans again, Bestujhev. - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:20
So you've been trying to upset my plans again, Bestujhe...
Bestujhev! Bestujhev! - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:06
Bestujhev! Bestujhev!
- If you could see yourself! - I wish to resign Your Majesty's service. - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:08
- If you could see yourself! - I wish to resign Your Majesty...
Officer Officer Please show me the way out - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:56
Officer Officer Please show me the way out
Oh, but didn't I come from here? - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:10
Oh, but didn't I come from here?
Oh, but... - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:16
Oh, but...
What's the meaning of this? - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:09
What's the meaning of this?
Do you take this woman to be your lawful wedded wife? - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:29
Do you take this woman to be your lawful wedded wife?
I am sorry. Her Majesty cannot see you tonight. - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:20
I am sorry. Her Majesty cannot see you tonight.
It's always a mistake for a woman... - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:22
It's always a mistake for a woman...
Right turn! - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:16
Right turn!
What's the show? - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:18
What's the show?
I'll put a stop to that little mountebank! - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:23
I'll put a stop to that little mountebank!
Now, gentlemen, whose turn is it to be my aide-de-camp this month? - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:28
Now, gentlemen, whose turn is it to be my aide-de-camp this ...
- Shall we go? - Right. - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:06
- Shall we go? - Right.
No, no! Don't stop the dancing. Why all this ceremony? - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:21
No, no! Don't stop the dancing. Why all this ceremony?
To take her throat into my hand and close my fingers. - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:25
To take her throat into my hand and close my fingers.
As my chancellor, Vorontzov... - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:22
As my chancellor, Vorontzov...
The ship is sinking all right. - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:20
The ship is sinking all right.
Orlov. - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:11
Orlov.
And we've had quite enough of women. - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:13
And we've had quite enough of women.
Well, what do you want? - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:21
Well, what do you want?
I came to tell you that the empress is dead. - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:06
I came to tell you that the empress is dead.
She's dead? - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:13
She's dead?
- Who is Ivan Ivanovitch? - What does he mean by Ivan Ivanovitch? - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:23
- Who is Ivan Ivanovitch? - What does he mean by Ivan Ivanov...
- Anything wrong? - Nothing in particular. - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:19
- Anything wrong? - Nothing in particular.
Ah, here you are, Ivan Ivanovitch. - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:32
Ah, here you are, Ivan Ivanovitch.
Oh, Your Majesty. - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:10
Oh, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, I deeply regret that... - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:19
Your Majesty, I deeply regret that...
It was, um... - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:11
It was, um...
Her Majesty deeply regrets she cannot come tonight. - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:23
Her Majesty deeply regrets she cannot come tonight.
Did he say so? - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:07
Did he say so?
Don't get up, gentlemen. - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:06
Don't get up, gentlemen.
Don't look so unhappy, Goudovitch. - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:21
Don't look so unhappy, Goudovitch.
Am I wrong... - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:06
Am I wrong...
Her Majesty's order? - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:07
Her Majesty's order?
I ask Your Majesty's permission to retire. I don't feel very well. - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:06
I ask Your Majesty's permission to retire. I don't...
Only the two of us, little Catherine. - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:24
Only the two of us, little Catherine.
The time has come for you to give the word. - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:06
The time has come for you to give the word.
Now we have no time to lose. - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:07
Now we have no time to lose.
Are you tired, madam? - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:22
Are you tired, madam?
Catherine. - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:11
Catherine.
Catherine! - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:11
Catherine!
You are my prisoner, sir. - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:23
You are my prisoner, sir.
Have you never wished to have wings? - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:23
Have you never wished to have wings?
Her Imperial Majesty, Catherine, Empress of all the Russias. - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:08
Her Imperial Majesty, Catherine, Empress of all the Russias.
Good morning, gentlemen. - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:07
Good morning, gentlemen.
What's that noise? - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:24
What's that noise?
Well done, little Catherine. - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:07
Well done, little Catherine.
He's dead. - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:06
He's dead.
Somebody must tell the empress. - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:10
Somebody must tell the empress.
Oh, Grigory. - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:12
Oh, Grigory.
What has happened? - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:22
What has happened?
No. - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:18
No.
Peter. - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:09
Peter.
Who was it? - The Rise of Catherine the Great 00:11
Who was it?
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Straightforward biography of the Russian Empress, up to her assumption of the throne.

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Director: Paul Czinner, Alexander Korda
Writer: Lajos Biró, Arthur Wimperis, Melchior Lengyel
Production: London Films Productions
Genre: biography, drama, history
Year: 1934
MetaScore: N/A/100
ImdbRating: 6.3
BoxOffice: N/A
Released: 09 Feb 1934
Awards: 2 wins & 1 nomination
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