Acting
Rainer's eyes do more acting than most scripts.
Costume
Czarist opulence that screams 'we're about to lose this.'
Director
George Fitzmaurice
William Powell
Baron Stephan Wolensky
Luise Rainer
Countess Olga Mironova
Robert Young
Grand Duke Peter
Maureen O'Sullivan
Maria Orlich
Frank Morgan
Colonel Baron Suroff
Henry Stephenson
Prince Johann
Bernadene Hayes
Mitzi Reisenbach
Donald Kirke
Anton, the Thief
Douglass Dumbrille
Mr. Korum, a Conspirator
Ian Wolfe
Leon, a Conspirator
Barnett Parker
Albert, Stephan's Butler
Frank Reicher
Pavloff
Bert Roach
Hotel Clerk
Paul Porcasi
Santuzzi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rainer had just won back-to-back Oscars and reportedly fought with MGM over this role, calling it 'trash'—then delivered anyway.
Made during Hollywood's brief obsession with European espionage before WWII made it too real; the revolution backdrop let studios flirt with political danger safely.
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