

"These characters will fascinate you!"
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

Czar Paul I

Countess Ostermann

Count Pahlen

Mademoiselle Lapoukhine

Crown Prince Alexander

Stefan

Minor Role (uncredited)