Cinematheque . Film Schedule . THE SCARLET EMPRESS
Film Classics in 35mm!
United States | 1934 | Josef von Sternberg
The most sumptuous, excessive, and flamboyant of the seven Marlene Dietrich/Josef von Sternberg collaborations chronicles the 18th-century rise of Catherine the Great from German princess to wife of the mad Grand Duke Peter (Sam Jaffe) to empress of Russia. Unsurpassed visual spectacle—majestic, operatic, delirious, and grotesque. “Among the most bewildering and bizarre films ever to emerge from a major Hollywood studio…The most imaginative film of the sound era prior to Citizen Kane.” –Cult Movies. “A visual orgy.” –Leonard Maltin.
Vault print from the Universal Pictures studio archive. 109 min. Special admission $10; members, CIA & CSU I.D. holders, age 25 & under $8. No passes, twofers, or radio winners.
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