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Scarlet Empress

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Scarlet Empress (1934)

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Reviews Counted:11

Fresh:11

Rotten:0

Average Rating:9/10

Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins

Genre: Dramas

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: When the innocent Princess Sophia of Prussia marries the grandson of Peter the Great she is forced to change her name, and her religion. She descends into a world of sexual decadence as Katherine... When the innocent Princess Sophia of Prussia marries the grandson of Peter the Great she is forced to change her name, and her religion. She descends into a world of sexual decadence as Katherine emerging as one of the most powerful rulers in Russian history. Intensely erotic, the film was very controversial. [More]

Starring: Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge, Sam Jaffe, C. Aubrey Smith

Starring: Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge, Sam Jaffe, C. Aubrey Smith, Louise Dresser, Olive Tell, Gavin Gordon, Jameson Thomas, Maria Sieber

Director: Josef Von Sternberg

Director: Josef Von Sternberg
Screenwriter: Manuel Komroff
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn, Richard Wagner, Josef Von Sternberg

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Von Sternberg's most realized film that combines a brilliant spectacle of royal pomp and mise-en-scene with Harpo Marx-like silent comedy.

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It's a complex, poetic, fantastical, and truly great movie.

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Jeffrey M. Anderson
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Unhinged and marvelous; it walks a thin line between melodrama and farce.

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Carol Cling
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A thrilling historical pageant, featuring one of the most mind-blowing mises-en-scenes ever created for a film, plus iconic performances by Dietrich, Jaffe, and Dresser.

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Nick Davis
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Sternberg belongs in the very top ranks of any list of the greatest filmmakers of all time -- and nowhere is this more apparent than here.

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02/02/03
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
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The filmmaking is invigorating, with some of the images standing out as originals to this day.

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Jeremy Heilman
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a dense, visually astounding portrait of a woman evolving from an innocent, inexperienced, and idealistic girl to a shrewd, calculating empress

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