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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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THE SCARLET EMPRESS is a bit bizarre and extravagant movie with highlighted specific humor and a touch of sexual intrigue. At the heart of the story is that Catherine II very well played by the ravishing Marlene Dietrich.
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 (1934) is director Josef von Sternberg's startling, dark, visually opulent, hauntingly expressionistic, semi-erotic and mostly fictional biopic of one of 18th century...
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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1,325 ★★★★★ ratings (16%) ★★★★★. During the 18th century, German noblewoman Sophia Frederica, who would later become Catherine the Great, travels to Moscow to marry the dimwitted Grand Duke Peter, the heir to the Russian throne.
