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With Romy Schneider, Curd Jürgens, Pierre Blanchar, Antoine Balpêtré. Czar Alexander II meets a schoolgirl called Katia. Realizing that he loves her, he attempts to push her away but to no avail. She becomes his mistress. With Katia's help, Alexander is working on a liberal constitution.
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- Drama, History, Romance
- Robert Siodmak
- 1960-01-20
Magnificent Sinner (original French title: Katia) is a 1959 French drama historical film by director Robert Siodmak about the romance between Tsar Alexander II of Russia and the then-schoolgirl Catherine Dolgorukova, who later became his mistress and finally his morganatic wife. It stars Romy Schneider as Katia, a schoolgirl who becomes the ...
Der Publizist und Autor Dirk Jasper meinte, die Produktionsfirma habe sich „nicht lumpen“ lassen: „Prachtvolle Bauten, glanzvolle Dekors und neben einem vortrefflichen Curd Jürgens natürlich der Star Romy Schneider zeichnen dieses Remake des gleichnamigen Films von Maurice Tourneur (aus dem Jahre 1938) aus.“
Allemagne de l'Ouest : 22 décembre 1959; France : 20 janvier 1960; Distribution. Romy Schneider : Katia; Curd Jürgens : le tsar Alexandre II; Pierre Blanchar : Koubaroff; Antoine Balpêtré : Kilbatchich; Françoise Brion : Sophie; Monique Mélinand : Marie de Hesse et du Rhin; Michel Bouquet : Jeliabov
With the help of Katia, Alexandre prepares a liberal constitution, but these reforms make him hostile to the more privileged subjects without satirising the revolutionaries against the regime. Tsar Alexandre II meets a young student, Katia.
1 hr 31 mins. Drama. NR. Watchlist. Czar Alexander II of Russia falls in love with Katia (Romy Schneider). The Czar's conniving ministers try to talk the ruler into a series of ill-advised reforms ...
Overview. Tsar Alexandre II meets a young student, Katia. He understands that he loves her and try to send her away but they end up seeing each other again and becomes his mistress. With the help of Katia, Alexandre prepares a liberal constitution, but these reforms make him hostile to the more privileged subjects without satirising the ...
