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Scarlet Empress, The (1934)
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Josef von Sternberg combines an exuberant visual style with a story of politics and sex, and continues his obsession with screen legend Marlene Dietrich in The Scarlet Empress.After being forced into marriage with Russia's mad Grand Duke, terrified ingenue Princess Sophia (Dietrich) evolves into sexual libertine Catherine the Great, amassing power - and wit - along the way.
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