A Royal Scandal
Saucy! Naughty! Delicious!
1945 | 94m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Otto Preminger, Ernst Lubitsch |
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| Writer: | Bruno Frank, Edwin Justus Mayer |
| Staring: |
| Catherine the Great falls in love with an army officer who is plotting against her. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 26, 1945 |
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| Director: | Otto Preminger, Ernst Lubitsch |
| Writer: | Bruno Frank, Edwin Justus Mayer |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama, History |
| Keywords | royalty, catherine the great |
| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 21, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Tallulah Bankhead | Catherine the Great |
| Charles Coburn | Nicolai Iiyitch |
| Anne Baxter | Anna Jaschikoff |
| William Eythe | Alexei Chernoff |
| Vincent Price | Marquis de Fleury |
| Mischa Auer | Captain Sukov |
| Sig Ruman | General Ronsky |
| Vladimir Sokoloff | Malakoff |
| Mikhail Rasumny | Drunken General |
| Paul Baratoff | Russian General (uncredited) |
| Eugene Beday | Russian General (uncredited) |
| Egon Brecher | Wassilikow (uncredited) |
| Renee Carson | Lady in Waiting (uncredited) |
| Harry Carter | Footman (uncredited) |
| Feodor Chaliapin Jr. | Lackey (uncredited) |
| Victor De Linsky | Stooge (uncredited) |
| Donald Douglas | Variatinsky (uncredited) |
| Nestor Eristoff | Russian General (uncredited) |
| Fred Essler | Stooge (uncredited) |
| Sandra Foloway | Lady in Waiting (uncredited) |
| Arno Frey | Captain (uncredited) |
| Eva Gabor | Countess Demidow (uncredited) |
| Mario Gang | Lackey (uncredited) |
| George Glebeff | Russian General (uncredited) |
| Wilton Graff | Russian General (uncredited) |
| Roxanne Hilton | Lady in Waiting (uncredited) |
| Ann Hunter | Lady in Waiting (uncredited) |
| Martha Jewett | Lady in Waiting (uncredited) |
| Torben Meyer | Stooge (uncredited) |
| Fred Nurney | Russian General (uncredited) |
| John Russell | Guard (uncredited) |
| Dick Ryan | Russian General (uncredited) |
| Sam Savitsky | Russian General (uncredited) |
| George Shdanoff | Lackey (uncredited) |
| Eugene Sigaloff | Russian General (uncredited) |
| Dina Smirnova | Lady in Waiting (uncredited) |
| Leonid Snegoff | Russian General (uncredited) |
| Grady Sutton | Boris (uncredited) |
| Henry Victor | Russian General (uncredited) |
| Michael Visaroff | Russian General (uncredited) |
| Friedrich von Ledebur | Russian General (uncredited) |
| Virginia Walker | Lady in Waiting (uncredited) |
| Marek Windheim | Stooge (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Otto Preminger | Director |
| Bruno Frank | Adaptation |
| Lajos Biró | Theatre Play |
| Alfred Newman | Original Music Composer |
| Ben Nye | Makeup Artist |
| Ernst Lubitsch | Director |
| Edwin Justus Mayer | Screenplay |
| Melchior Lengyel | Theatre Play |
| Arthur C. Miller | Director of Photography |
| Dorothy Spencer | Editor |
| Mark-Lee Kirk | Art Direction |
| Lyle R. Wheeler | Art Direction |
| Thomas Little | Set Decoration |
| René Hubert | Costume Design |
| Gertrude Kingston | Research Assistant |
| Frances C. Richardson | Researcher |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Ernst Lubitsch | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 |
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William Eythe is "Lt. Chernoff", an enthusiastic Russian officer determined to warn his Empress that she is in the gravest of danger. Arriving at her palace, he eventually manages to secure an audience but it turns out that Catherine the Great (Tallulah Bankhead) and her shrewd Chancellor "Ilyitch" ... (Charles Coburn) have already dealt with this potential treachery. The Empress, however, takes a bit of a shine to her gallant young soldier and soon he is soaring through the ranks - much to the chagrin of his fiancée "Anna" (Anne Baxter). As he rises, he begins to think he can make a difference - and is soon treading on toes that could spell his end... The writing is amusing and quick fire, and the efforts from Bankhead and, particularly, Coburn keep this film moving along a-pace. There is plenty of pith in the script, and though it pays but the tiniest of nods to actual history, it does offer us quite an entertaining account of how life might have been when the court was run by a lady who liked the sight of a soldier in a white uniform. Good fun!