Princess Sophia Frederica / Catherine II

Marlene Dietrich

Count Alexei

John Lodge

Grand Duke Peter

Sam Jaffe

Empress Elizabeth Petrovna

Louise Dresser

Count Lestoq

Phillip Sleeman

Sophia (as a child)

Maria Sieber

Prince August

C. Aubrey Smith

Capt. Gregori Orloff

Gavin Gordon

Countess Elizabeth 'Lizzie'

Ruthelma Stevens

Princess Johanna Elizabeth

Olive Tell

Archimandrite Simeon Todorsky / Arch-Episcope

Davison Clark

Lt. Ostvyn

Jameson Thomas

Chancellor Alexei Bestuchef

Erville Alderson

Ivan Shuvolov

Hans von Twardowski

Sophia as a Child

Maria Riva

Herr Wagner (uncredited)

Edward Van Sloan

Marie

Marie Wells

Bit Part (uncredited)

Akim Tamiroff

Mlle. Cardell

Jane Darwell

Doctor

Harry Woods

Lackey

Eric Alden

Elinor Fair

Count Lestocq

Philip Sleeman

Julanne Johnston

Agnes Steele

Marquis De La Chetardie

John Davidson

Officer

Gerald Fielding

Guard

James Burke

Aunt

Belle Johnstone

Aunt

Nadine Beresford

Aunt

Eunice Moore

Aunt

Petra McAllister

Aunt

Blanche Rose

Innkeeper

James Marcus

Narcissuse

Thomas C. Blythe

Narcissuse

Clyde Davis

Count Von Breummer

Richard Alexander

Lackey

Jay Boyer

Lackey

Bruce Warren

Jester

George Davis

Anna Duncan

May Foster

Count Lestocq

Phillip G. Sleeman

Dina Smirnova

Ivan Shuvalov

Hans Heinrich VonTwardowski

Patricia Patrick