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The scarlet empress /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: CC2908BD | The Criterion Collection | (boxed set)CC2913BD | The Criterion Collection | (disc)Language: English Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection ; 109.Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2018]Edition: Blu-ray special editionDescription: 1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 9781681434704
  • 1681434709
Related works:
  • Motion picture adaptation of (work): Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796. Mémoires de l'impératrice Catherine II
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .S33 2018
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Bert Glennon ; editors, Josef von Sternberg, Sam Winston ; music arranged by W. Frank Harling, John Liepold, Josef von Sternberg ; costume designer, Travis Banton ; art directors, Hans Drier, Peter Ballbusch, Richard Kollorsz.
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge, Sam Jaffe, Louise Dresser, C. Aubrey Smith, Gavin Gordon, Olive Tell.Summary: A spoiled princess is sent to Russia to marry Grand Duke Peter, but is horrified to discover her intened is a half-wit and depravity rules in her new home. Before long, however, she is initiated into the sadistic power politics that govern the court, paving the way for her transformation into the imperious libertine Catherine the Great.
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Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room BLU-00304 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050306796

Supplement: Marlene Dietrich interview from 1971, conducted for Swedish television but filmed in Copenhagen after a performance at Tivoli Gardens, the actress looks back at her career, her work with director Josef von Sternberg, and her travels around the world.

Title from title screen ; statement of responsibility and crew credits partially from boxed set's accompanying book.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1934.

"Based on a diary of Catherine II."

Full screen (1.37:1 aspect ratio).

Issued in a boxed set: Dietrich & Von Sternberg in Hollywood, which includes an accompanying book (80 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm).

Blu-ray; region A; LPCM 1.0.

This Blu-ray disc will not play on standard DVD players.

In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

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