Cast (in Credits Order)
- Marlene Dietrich as Princess Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg, later Empress Catherine II
- John Davis Lodge as Count Alexey Razumovsky
- Sam Jaffe as Grand Duke Peter, later Emperor Peter III
- Louise Dresser as Empress Elizaveta Petrovna
- C. Aubrey Smith as Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (father of Catherine)
- Gavin Gordon as Captain Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov
- Olive Tell as Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp (mother of Catherine)
- Ruthelma Stevens as Elizaveta Vorontsova, mistress of Peter III
- Davison Clark as Archimandrite Simeon Todorsky / Arch-Episcopope
- Erville Alderson as Chancellor Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin
- Philip Sleeman as Jean Armand de Lestocq
- Marie Wells as Marie Tshoglokof
- Hans Heinrich von Twardowski as Ivan Shuvalov
- Gerald Fielding as Lieutenant Dimitri
- Maria Riva as Sophia (child)
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