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Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Elisabeth Bergner in The Rise of Catherine the Great (1934)

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The Rise of Catherine the Great

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Directors

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  • Paul Czinner
    Paul Czinner
  • Alexander Korda
    Alexander Korda
    director (uncredited)

Writers

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  • Lajos Biró
    Lajos Biró
    story (as Lajos Biro) &
  • Arthur Wimperis
    Arthur Wimperis
    story and
  • Melchior Lengyel
    Melchior Lengyel
    story
  • Lajos Biró
    Lajos Biró
    dialogue (as Lajos Biro) &
  • Arthur Wimperis
    Arthur Wimperis
    dialogue and
  • Melchior Lengyel
    Melchior Lengyel
    dialogue
  • Marjorie Deans
    Marjorie Deans
    scenarist
  • Lajos Biró
    Lajos Biró
    play "The Czarina" (uncredited)
  • Melchior Lengyel
    Melchior Lengyel
    play "The Czarina" (uncredited)

Cast

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(in credits order) verified as complete
  • Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
    Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
    Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
    Grand Duke Peter
    (as Douglas Fairbanks Jnr.)
  • Elisabeth Bergner
    Elisabeth Bergner
    Elisabeth Bergner
    Catherine
  • Flora Robson
    Flora Robson
    Flora Robson
    Empress Elisabeth
  • Gerald du Maurier
    Gerald du Maurier
    Gerald du Maurier
    Lecocq
  • Irene Vanbrugh
    Irene Vanbrugh
    Irene Vanbrugh
    Princess Anhalt-Zerbst
  • Joan Gardner in Dark Journey (1937)
    Joan Gardner
    Joan Gardner
    Katushienka
  • Dorothy Hale
    Dorothy Hale
    Countess Olga
  • Diana Napier
    Diana Napier
    Diana Napier
    Countess Vorontzova
  • Griffith Jones
    Griffith Jones
    Griffith Jones
    Grigory Orlov
  • Gibb McLaughlin
    Gibb McLaughlin
    Gibb McLaughlin
    Bestujhev
    (as Gibb Maclaughlin)
  • Clifford Heatherley in Champagne (1928)
    Clifford Heatherley
    Clifford Heatherley
    Ogarev
  • Lawrence Hanray
    Lawrence Hanray
    Lawrence Hanray
    Goudovitch
  • Allan Jeayes
    Allan Jeayes
    Allan Jeayes
    Colonel Karnilov
Rest of cast listed alphabetically
  • Vivien Leigh and Charles Carson in Dark Journey (1937)
    Charles Carson
    Charles Carson
    English Ambassador
    (uncredited)
  • Heron Carvic
    Heron Carvic
    Minor Role
    (uncredited)
  • Stewart Granger
    Stewart Granger
    Stewart Granger
    Regiment Soldier
    (unconfirmed) (uncredited)
  • William Heughan
    William Heughan
    Minor Role
    (uncredited)
  • Judy Kelly
    Judy Kelly
    Judy Kelly
    Guest at Hunting Lodge
    (uncredited)
  • Arnold Lucy
    Arnold Lucy
    Arnold Lucy
    Minor Role
    (uncredited)
  • Lewis Dayton, Shayle Gardner, Tracy Holmes, and John Turnbull in Detective Lloyd (1932)
    John Turnbull
    John Turnbull
    Rumyantsev
    (uncredited)
  • Michael Wilding
    Michael Wilding
    Michael Wilding
    Regiment Soldier
    (unconfirmed) (uncredited)

Producers

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  • Alexander Korda
    Alexander Korda
    producer (uncredited)
  • Ludovico Toeplitz
    Ludovico Toeplitz
    producer (uncredited)

Composers

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  • Muir Mathieson
    Muir Mathieson
  • Ernst Toch
    Ernst Toch
    composer (uncredited)

Cinematographer

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  • Georges Périnal
    Georges Périnal
    cinematographer (as Georges Perinal) (photography)

Editor

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  • Stephen Harrison
    Stephen Harrison

Costume Designer

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  • John Armstrong
    John Armstrong
    costume designer (costumes)

Production Manager

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  • David B. Cunynghame
    David B. Cunynghame
    production manager

Second Unit or Assistant Director

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  • Geoffrey Boothby
    Geoffrey Boothby
    assistant director

Art Department

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  • A. Hallam
    A. Hallam
    architect
  • Vincent Korda
    Vincent Korda
    settings
  • Hans Otto Wendt
    Hans Otto Wendt
    poster artist: West Germany (uncredited)
  • Moje Åslund
    Moje Åslund
    poster artist: Sweden (uncredited)

Sound Department

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  • A.W. Watkins
    A.W. Watkins
    sound

Camera and Electrical Department

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  • Robert LaPresle
    Robert LaPresle
    camera
  • Robert Krasker
    Robert Krasker
    camera operator (uncredited)

Costume Department

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  • B.J. Simmons
    B.J. Simmons
    costumier: King Street Covent Garden

Editorial Department

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  • Harold Young
    Harold Young
    supervising editor

Music Department

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  • Muir Mathieson
    Muir Mathieson
    musical director (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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  • Lajos Biró
    Lajos Biró
    continuity (as Lajos Biro)
  • Melchior Lengyel
    Melchior Lengyel
    continuity
  • Arthur Wimperis
    Arthur Wimperis
    continuity

Additional Crew

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  • Suzanne Demars
    Suzanne Demars
    french voice dubbing: Elisabeth Bergner (uncredited)
  • Igor Gorochov
    Igor Gorochov
    french dubbing director (uncredited)
  • Dagmar Gérard
    Dagmar Gérard
    french voice dubbing: Flora Robson (uncredited)
  • Lucien Nat
    Lucien Nat
    french voice dubbing: Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (uncredited)
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