Marlene Dietrich

as Princess Sophia Frederica / Catherine II

John Lodge

as Count Alexei

Sam Jaffe

as Grand Duke Peter

Louise Dresser

as Empress Elizabeth Petrovna

C. Aubrey Smith

as Prince August

Gavin Gordon

as Capt. Gregori Orloff

Olive Tell

as Princess Johanna Elizabeth

Ruthelma Stevens

as Countess Elizabeth 'Lizzie'

Davison Clark

as Archimandrite Simeon Todorsky / Arch-Episcope

Erville Alderson

as Chancelor Alexei Bestuchef

Maria Riva

as Sophia as a Child

Jane Darwell

as Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)

Edward Van Sloan

as Herr Wagner (uncredited)

Akim Tamiroff

as 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