On screen
Cast
46 credited performers
Marlene Dietrich
Princess Sophia Frederica / Catherine II
John Lodge
Count Alexei
Sam Jaffe
Grand Duke Peter
Louise Dresser
Empress Elizabeth Petrovna
C. Aubrey Smith
Prince August
Gavin Gordon
Capt. Gregori Orloff
Olive Tell
Princess Johanna Elizabeth
Ruthelma Stevens
Countess Elizabeth 'Lizzie'
Davison Clark
Archimandrite Simeon Todorsky / Arch-Episcope
Erville Alderson
Chancelor Alexei Bestuchef
Maria Riva
Sophia as a Child
Jane Darwell
Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)
Edward Van Sloan
Herr Wagner (uncredited)
Akim Tamiroff
Bit Part (uncredited)
Marie Wells
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Eric Alden
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Elinor Fair
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Julanne Johnston
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Agnes Steele
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Philip Sleeman
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Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
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Gerald Fielding
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Richard Alexander
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Nadine Beresford
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Hal Boyer
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James Burke
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John Davidson
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George Davis
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Anna Duncan
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May Foster
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Ivan Linow
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James A. Marcus
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Eunice Murdock Moore
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Patricia Patrick
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Warner Richmond
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Blanche Rose
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Katherine Sabichi
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Sam Savitsky
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Dina Smirnova
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Minnie Steele
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Belle Stoddard
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Kent Taylor
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Jameson Thomas
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Bruce Warren
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Leo White
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Harry Woods
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