The Rise of Catherine the Great
movie
View on VideBits →The woman who will become Catherine the Great marries into the Russian royal family when she weds Grand Duke Peter, the nephew of Empress Elizabeth. Although the couple has moments of contentment, Peter's cruel and erratic behavior causes a rift between him and Catherine. Mere months after Peter succeeds his aunt as the ruler of Russia, a revolt is brewing, and Catherine is poised to ascend to the throne as the country's new empress.
Cast & crew
Griffith Jones · Flora Robson · Gibb McLaughlin · Joan Gardner · Elisabeth Bergner · Arthur Wimperis · Melchior Lengyel · Marjorie Deans · Douglas Fairbanks Jr. · Diana Napier · Lajos Biró · Gerald du Maurier · Irene Vanbrugh · Paul Czinner · Dorothy Hale