Cast & crew
The Scarlet Empress (1934)
Directed by Josef von Sternberg Written by Manuel Komroff, Eleanor McGeary
Cast
| John Lodge | Count Alexei |
| Louise Dresser | Empress Elizabeth Petrovna |
| Marlene Dietrich | Princess Sophia Frederica / Catherine II |
| Sam Jaffe | Grand Duke Peter |
| 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 |
| Marie Wells | |
| Jane Darwell | Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited) |
| Edward Van Sloan | Herr Wagner (uncredited) |
| Akim Tamiroff | Bit part (uncredited) |
| Eric Alden | |
| Elinor Fair | |
| Agnes Steele | |
| Julanne Johnston | |
| Philip Sleeman | |
| Gerald Fielding | |
| Nadine Beresford | |
| Hans Heinrich von Twardowski | |
| Richard Alexander | |
| Hal Boyer | |
| James Burke | |
| John Davidson | |
| George Davis | |
| Anna Duncan | |
| May Foster | |
| Ivan Linow | |
| James A. Marcus | |
| Eunice Murdock Moore | |
| Patricia Patrick | |
| Warner Richmond | |
| Blanche Rose | |
| Katherine Sabichi | |
| Sam Savitsky | |
| Dina Smirnova | |
| Minnie Steele | |
| Belle Stoddard | |
| Bruce Warren | |
| Kent Taylor | |
| Jameson Thomas | |
| Harry Woods | |
| Leo White |
Crew
| Josef von Sternberg | Art Direction |
| Josef von Sternberg | Director |
| Bert Glennon | Director of Photography |
| Emanuel Cohen | Executive Producer |
| Josef von Sternberg | Producer |
| Josef von Sternberg | Editor |
| Sam Winston | Editor |
| Travis Banton | Costume Design |
| Hans Dreier | Art Direction |
| Manuel Komroff | Writer |
| Harry D. Mills | Sound |
| Peter Ballbusch | Sculptor |
| Hans Dreier | Set Designer |
| Fred A. Datig | Casting Director |
| Richard Kollorsz | Set Designer |
| Richard Kollorsz | Painter |
| Eleanor McGeary | Writer |
| Richard Walling | Still Photographer |
| Josef von Sternberg | Lighting Technician |
| Harry D. Mills | Sound Recordist |
| Gordon Jennings | Special Effects |
| Audrey Scott | Stunt Double |