Katia

1938
1h 29m

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The love affair, between Alexander II and Princess KatiaThe love affair, between Alexander II and Princess KatiaThe love affair, between Alexander II and Princess Katia

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5.6/10

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Danielle Darrieux

Catherine Dolgorousky

John Loder

Le tsar Alexandre II

Aimé Clariond

Le comte Schowaloff
(as Aimé Clariond de la Comédie Française)

Marie-Hélène Dasté

La tsarine Maria Alexandrovna

Marcel Carpentier

Le général Potapoff

Raymond Aimos

Anatole - l'ouvrier parisien
(as Aimos)

Georges Prieur

Le chambellan

Thérèse Dorny

La baronne

Marcelle Praince

La grande-duchesse

Jacques Erwin

Troubetzkoï

André Carnège

Le grand-duc
(as Carnège)

Geller

Pierre Labry

Le sergent de police
(as Labry)

Georges Flateau

L'empereur Napoléon III

Génia Vaury

L'impératrice Eugénie

Jacqueline Dhomont

Une élève du pensionnat

Anthony Gildès

Un dignitaire
(as Gildès)

Paul Marthès

L'ambassadeur turc
(as Paul Martez)

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Trivia
Had it's "gala" world premiere at the Admiral theatre in Hollywood on 16 May 1938. The theater is now called The Vine Theatre, located at 6321 Hollywood Boulevard and originally opened on 31 July 1931. It was designed by S. Charles Lee. The second feature that played with this one was "Our Fighting Navy", originally called "Torpedoed".

Connections
Remade as Adorable Sinner (1959)

Soundtracks
Katia (Il Peut Neiger...)
Music by Wal-Berg
Lyrics by Roger Fernay
Performed by Danielle Darrieux

Maurice Tourneur was Jacques (Jack) Tourneur's father.

"Katia" pioneered,so to speak a genre that was to flourish in the second half of the fifties:the mushy maudlin "historical" movie ,the likes of "Sissi" .Danielle Darrieux's Katia with her irresistible smile and her pouty mouth is akin to Romy Schneider's Sissi.The "political" side shows Katia urging tzar Alexandre II to give power (that is to say a Constitution) to the people.Alas he will be slain before ...This is a pleasant movie,with nice settings and Darrieux's spontaneity -her partner is much less talented-

In 1960,there was a remake featuring Curd Jurgens (a much better tzar) and...Romy Schneider who had ditched Empress Sissi .The leftish critics were harsh at the time,calling the remake a politically committed movie,which seems laughable today:the main difference between the two movies is the more prominent part played by the Marxist(?) students in the 1960 work.