Marlene Dietrich

Princess Sophia Frederica / Catherine II

John Lodge

Count Alexei

Sam Jaffe

Grand Duke Peter

Louise Dresser

Empress Elizabeth Petrovna

C. Aubrey Smith

Prince August

Gavin Gordon

Capt. Gregori Orloff

Olive Tell

Princess Johanna Elizabeth

Ruthelma Stevens

Countess Elizabeth 'Lizzie'

Davison Clark

Archimandrite Simeon Todorsky / Arch-Episcope

Erville Alderson

Chancelor Alexei Bestuchef

Maria Riva

Sophia as a Child

Jane Darwell

Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)

Edward Van Sloan

Herr Wagner (uncredited)

Akim Tamiroff

Bit Part (uncredited)

Marie Wells

Eric Alden

Elinor Fair

Julanne Johnston

Agnes Steele

Philip Sleeman

Hans Heinrich von Twardowski

Gerald Fielding

Richard Alexander

Nadine Beresford

Hal Boyer

James Burke

John Davidson

George Davis

Anna Duncan

May Foster

Ivan Linow

James A. Marcus

Eunice Murdock Moore

Patricia Patrick

Warner Richmond

Blanche Rose

Katherine Sabichi

Sam Savitsky

Dina Smirnova

Minnie Steele

Belle Stoddard

Kent Taylor

Jameson Thomas

Bruce Warren

Leo White

Harry Woods

Josef von Sternberg

Director

Josef von Sternberg

Art Direction

Josef von Sternberg

Producer

Bert Glennon

Director of Photography

Emanuel Cohen

Executive Producer

Hans Dreier

Art Direction

Travis Banton

Costume Design

Sam Winston

Editor

Josef von Sternberg

Editor

Harry D. Mills

Sound

Manuel Komroff

Writer

Eleanor McGeary

Writer