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Overview
In 18th-Century Russia, the Czar, Paul, is surrounded by murderous plots and trusts only Count Pahlen. Pahlen wishes to protect his friend, the mad king, but because of the horror of the king's acts, he feels that he must remove him from the throne.
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Cast
Emil Jannings
Czar Paul I
Florence Vidor
Countess Ostermann
Lewis Stone
Count Pahlen
Vera Voronina
Mademoiselle Lapoukhine
Neil Hamilton
Crown Prince Alexander
Harry Cording
Stefan
N
Nicholas Kobliansky
S
Sam Savitsky
A
Alexander Skonnikov
Tullio Carminati
Minor Role (uncredited)
