The Scarlet Empress (1934)
Country: US
Technical: bw 109m
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge, Sam Jaffe
Synopsis:
A German princess is 'hired' by the Russian empress to improve the royal bloodline, but despising her husband she spends more time with his soldiers, awaiting the moment when she can command them as Catherine the Great!
Review:
Ravishing historical kitsch from the master Paramount stylist. Dietrich looks as though she is having a glorious time, and it is mostly communicated.
Country: US
Technical: bw 109m
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge, Sam Jaffe
Synopsis:
A German princess is 'hired' by the Russian empress to improve the royal bloodline, but despising her husband she spends more time with his soldiers, awaiting the moment when she can command them as Catherine the Great!
Review:
Ravishing historical kitsch from the master Paramount stylist. Dietrich looks as though she is having a glorious time, and it is mostly communicated.
Country: US
Technical: bw 109m
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge, Sam Jaffe
Synopsis:
A German princess is 'hired' by the Russian empress to improve the royal bloodline, but despising her husband she spends more time with his soldiers, awaiting the moment when she can command them as Catherine the Great!
Review:
Ravishing historical kitsch from the master Paramount stylist. Dietrich looks as though she is having a glorious time, and it is mostly communicated.