The Scarlet Empress

Marlene Dietrich

Princess Sophia Frederica / Catherine II

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John Lodge

Count Alexei

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Sam Jaffe

Grand Duke Peter

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Louise Dresser

Empress Elizabeth Petrovna

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C. Aubrey Smith

Prince August

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Gavin Gordon

Capt. Gregori Orloff

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Olive Tell

Princess Johanna Elizabeth

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Ruthelma Stevens

Countess Elizabeth 'Lizzie'

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Davison Clark

Archimandrite Simeon Todorsky / Arch-Episcope

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Erville Alderson

Chancelor Alexei Bestuchef

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Maria Riva

Sophia as a Child

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Jane Darwell

Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)

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