A Royal Scandal ( Czarina )

A Royal Scandal (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Czarina
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
94 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1945 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Otto Preminger
Ernst Lubitsch

Written By:
Lajos Biró
Bruno Frank

Actors:
Tallulah Bankhead ..... Catherine the Great
Charles Coburn ..... Chancellor Nicolai Iiyitch
Anne Baxter ..... Countess Anna Jaschikoff
William Eythe ..... Lt. Alexei Chernoff
Vincent Price ..... Marquis de Fleury
Mischa Auer ..... Capt. Sukov
Sig Ruman ..... Gen. Ronsky
Vladimir Sokoloff ..... Malakoff
Mikhail Rasumny ..... Drunken general
Egon Brecher ..... Wassilikow
Donald Douglas ..... Variatinsky (as Don Douglas)
Eva Gabor ..... Countess Demidow
Grady Sutton ..... Boris

Synopsis:

Ernst Lubitsch was the original director for A Royal Scandal, but illness forced him to bow out; his replacement was Otto Preminger, who did his utmost to retain the 'Lubitsch touch.' Based on a play by Lajos Biro and Melchior Lengyel, the film dwells upon a fictional incident in the life of Russia's Catherine the Great, here played with blue-blooded bawdiness by Tallulah Bankhead. Catherine falls in love with a handsome young army officer (William Eythe), who turns out to be an insurrectionist planning her downfall. At the last moment, Catherine relents, allowing the officer to escape with his true love, lady-in-waiting Anne Baxter. A bit too cute for its own good, Royal Scandal has some choice moments: Most notable are Tallulah Bankhead's pained reaction upon being hailed as 'The Mother of All Russias,' and supporting actor Grady Sutton's southern-accented reference to the 'U-ral Mountains'.

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