A Royal Scandal
1945·Comedy·1h 34m
7.0
★
Catherine the Great falls in love with an army officer who is plotting against her.
Directed by Otto Preminger
royalty
catherine the great
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Cast
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
Egon Brecher
Wassilikow (uncredited)
Harry Carter
Footman (uncredited)
Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
Lackey (uncredited)
Crew
Otto Preminger
Director
Edwin Justus Mayer
Screenplay
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer
Dorothy Spencer
Editor
Ernst Lubitsch
Producer
Bruno Frank
Adaptation
Lajos Biró
Theatre Play
Popular Reviews
7 reviews
SofiaPRO
5.0★ · 07/25/26
tallulah bankhead yelling at everyone was pretty amazing and charles coburn was fun too but everything else was kind of a bore
tallulah bankhead yelling at everyone was pretty amazing and charles coburn was fun too but everything else was kind of a bore
brunettegsundae
6.0★ · 07/03/25
Hearing the “shut up” from Tallulah Bankhead is something unique, no one else could do it like her
Hearing the “shut up” from Tallulah Bankhead is something unique, no one else could do it like her
Erik Olsson
6.0★ · 06/11/25
Has some really sparkling Lubitsch-y dialogue and a really good cast, but the energy and interest really drops after that first half hour.
Has some really sparkling Lubitsch-y dialogue and a really good cast, but the energy and interest really drops after that first half hour.
Joanna
6.0★ · 01/17/26
Novia
5.0★ · 06/01/24