When a flower girl is kidnapped by a deranged White Russian, to impersonate the missing Princess Anastasia Romanoff while under his hypnotic spell, the French police attempt to solve the case with forensic method and the aide of a gentleman thief.
Acting
Gregory Ratoff's wild-eyed villain chews scenery like it's his last meal.
Production
Mad scientist lab built on what looks like a $50 budget.
Writing
Pre-Code insanity: nudity, hypnosis, and casual murder in under an hour.
Director
A. Edward Sutherland
Gwili Andre
Eugenie Dorain
Gregory Ratoff
Han Moloff
Frank Morgan
François St. Cyr
John Warburton
Leon Renault
Rochelle Hudson
K-31
Christian Rub
Anton Dorain
Murray Kinnell
Bertillon
Arnold Korff
Grand Duke Maxim
Kendall Lee
Rina Harka
Lucien Prival
Lomzoi
Wong Chung
Chinese Guard (uncredited)
Harry Cording
Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
Chester Gan
Chinese Guard (uncredited)
Julia Swayne Gordon
Madame Danton (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gwili Andre was a Ziegfeld Follies dancer pushed as 'the next Garbo' — this was her first lead, and her career fizzled within years.
Anastasia impostor stories were hot in 1932 — Anna Anderson was dominating headlines, making this ripped-from-the-tabloids exploitation. The 'nude woman' keyword refers to a brief silhouette in Moloff's lab, slipped past censors before the Code crackdown.
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