The read
It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
In the middle of the 19th century, Tsar Alexander II made the acquaintance of a young aristocratic girl from the provinces, unruly in character. He falls in love with her and tries to see her again.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Maurice TourneurDirector
- Jacques CompanéezWriter
- Jean-Jacques BernardWriter
Cast
- Danielle DarrieuxCatherine Dolgorousky, aka 'Katia'
- John LoderTsar Alexandre II of Russia
- Aimé ClariondCount Schowaloff
- Marie-Hélène DastéTsarina Maria Alexandrovna
- Jeanne ProvostMademoiselle Trépeau
- Marcel CarpentierGeneral Potapoff
- Thérèse DornyBaroness
- Marcelle PrainceGrand Duchess
- Génia VauryEmpress Eugénie
- Raymond AimosAnatole, Parisian worker
- Georges PrieurChamberlain
- Jacques ErwinTroubetzkoï