A fictional account of the rise of Catherine the Great, who was brought from Prussia to Russia to wed the idiot prince and produce an heir to the throne.
The plot's moral is very trivial and consists in that it doesn't take much brains to outsmart an idiot. As for the film's worth, it's all it's been said to be and more. I take it to be a representation of the essence of Russia, taken to be a balanced combination of West and East.
1st place in Dale Thomajan's top ten of 1934.
Rating: 95
1st among my favorites of 1934.
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