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TITLE...........: The Scarlet Empress (1934)
STARS...........: Marlene Dietrich, John Lodge, Sam Jaffe, Louise Dresser
DIRECTOR........: Josef von Sternberg
WRITERS.........: Manuel Komroff, Eleanor McGeary
GENRE...........: Drama, History, Romance
TOMATOMETER.....: 86/85
IMDB SCORE......: 7.5
IMDB LINK.......: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025746
RUNTIME.........: 1h 45mn
SIZE............: 9.05 GB
VIDEO CODEC.....: HEVC (Main10@L4)
BITRATE.........: 12000 Kbps (2-pass)
RESOLUTION......: 1480x1080
ASPECT RATIO....: 1.37:1
FRAMERATE.......: 23.976 fps
AUDIO1..........: English FLAC 1.0
AUDIO2..........: Commentary by critic Tony Rayns
SUBTITLES.......: ENG
SOURCE..........: Criterion Blu-ray, Criterion DVD, Indicator Blu-ray
ENCODE DATE.....: 2025-11-23
CHECKSUM........: A9C3101DC0EA9A86B9E1C2CE2146BDB6
Marlene Dietrich stars in Josef von Sternberg’s feverishly debauched biopic as the spoiled princess Sophia Frederica, who grows up being groomed for greatness and yearning for a handsome husband. Sent to Russia to marry the Grand Duke Peter, she is horrified to discover that her betrothed is a half-wit and her new home a macabre palace where depravity rules. 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. A lavish spectacle in which von Sternberg’s domineering visual genius reaches new heights of florid extravagance, The Scarlet Empress is a perversely erotic portrait of a woman—and a movie star—capable of bringing legions to heel.
Extras
• Commentary by critic Tony Rayns [Indicator]
• Marlene Dietrich in Denmark (1971)
• The World of Josef von Sternberg (1996)
• Production Stills archive
