A Royal Scandal (1945)


A Royal Scandal
Release Date26 March 1945
TaglineSaucy! Naughty! Delicious!
GenreComedy, Drama, Romance
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorBlack and White
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassSophisticated Comedy, Romantic Comedy
ThemesCrowned Heads, Conspiracies
TonesElegant, Witty, Stylish, Ironic
TagsAllegiance, Ambassador [political], Aristocrat, Castle, Cavalry, Coup, Fidelity, France, General, Handsome, Help, Love, Lovemaking, Military, Officer, Overcome, Overthrow, Plans, Promiscuity, Promotion, Queen [royalty], Romance, Russia, Scandal, Scheme, Sleep, Soldier, Traveling

A Royal Scandal, also known as Czarina, is a 1945 film about the love life of Russian Empress (Czarina) Catherine the Great. It stars Tallulah Bankhead, Charles Coburn, Anne Baxter, and William Eythe. The film was based on the play Die zarin (The Czarina) by Lajos Biró and Melchior Lengyel.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Catherine the Great

Chancellor Nicolai Iiyitch

Countess Anna Jaschikoff

Lt. Alexei Chernoff

Marquis de Fleury

Capt. Sukov

Gen. Ronsky

Mikhail Rasumny
Drunken general

Wassilikow

Variatinsky

Countess Demidow

Boris

Paul Baratoff
Russian general

Eugene Beday
Russian general

Renee Carson
Lady in Waiting

Harry Carter
Footman

Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
Lackey

Victor De Linsky
Stooge

Nestor Eristoff
Russian general

Fred Essler
Stooge

Sandra Foloway
Lady in Waiting

Captain

Mario Gang
Lackey

George Glebeff
Russian general

Wilton Graff
Russian general

Roxanne Hilton
Lady in Waiting

Ann Hunter
Lady in Waiting

Martha Jewett
Lady in Waiting

Torben Meyer
Stooge

Fred Nurney
Russian general

Guard

Dick Ryan
Russian general

Sam Savitsky
Russian general

George Shdanoff
Lackey

Eugene Sigaloff
Russian general

Dina Smirnova
Lady in Waiting

Leonid Snegoff
Russian general

Henry Victor
Russian general

Russian general

Friedrich von Ledebur
Russian general

Virginia Walker
Lady in Waiting

Marek Windheim
Stooge

Director

Producer

Lajos Biró
story

Bruno Frank
writer

play "Czarina, The"

Edwin Justus Mayer
writer

producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Arthur C. Miller
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Editor

Dorothy Spencer
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Art Director

Mark-Lee Kirk

Set Decorator

Paul S. Fox
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Thomas Little
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Costume Designer

René Hubert
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Makeup Department

makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Tom Dudley
assistant director

Sound Department

Alfred Bruzlin
sound

Roger Heman Sr.
sound

Special Effects

Fred Sersen
special photographic effects

Music Department

Edward B. Powell
musical director, orchestrator

Production Company

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
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Distributor

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Oregon Filmes

Silver Screen Archive






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