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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.
The Scarlet Empress: Directed by Josef von Sternberg. With Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge, Sam Jaffe, Louise Dresser. A German noblewoman enters into a loveless marriage with the dim-witted, unstable heir to the Russian throne, then plots to oust him from power.
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- Drama, History, Romance
- Josef von Sternberg
- 1934-09-07
Aug 13, 2021 · The Scarlet Empress. Marlene Dietrich stars in Josef von Sternberg’s feverishly debauched biopic as the spoiled princess Sophia Frederica, who grows up being groomed for greatness and yearning for a handsome husband.
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- Shadows of the Dark
Jan 16, 2005 · Gigantic, grotesque, leering gargoyles are juxtaposed with lingering closeups of Marlene Dietrich's cold, erotic face throughout "The Scarlet Empress" (1934), the actress' sixth of seven collaborations with director Josef von Sternberg.
Josef von Sternberg's historical romance drama The Scarlet Empress (1932) is a breathtaking epic that chronicles Russian Empress Catharine The Great's rise to power.
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- Marlene Dietrich
- Josef Von Sternberg
- Biography
The Scarlet Empress. Marlene Dietrich stars in Josef von Sternberg’s feverishly debauched biopic as the spoiled princess Sophia Frederica, who grows up being groomed for greatness and yearning for a handsome husband.
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No one stays on top forever, however, and Dietrich and von Sternberg learned this the hard way with The Scarlet Empress (1934). A highly fictionalized biopic of the German-born Russian empress Catherine the Great, the film's screenplay by Manuel Komroff was supposedly based on Catherine's diary.
