A Royal Scandal (1945)
Average Rating: 5.5/10
Reviews Counted: 6
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 4
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Critic Reviews: 3
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 2
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Average Rating: 3.1/5
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Movie Info
Ernst Lubitsch was the original director for A Royal Scandal, but illness forced him to bow out; his replacement was Otto Preminger, who did his utmost to retain the "Lubitsch touch." Based on a play by Lajos Biro and Melchior Lengyel, the film dwells upon a fictional incident in the life of Russia's Catherine the Great, here played with blue-blooded bawdiness by Tallulah Bankhead. Catherine falls in love with a handsome young army officer (William Eythe), who turns out to be an insurrectionist
Jan 1, 1945 Wide
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Tallulah Bankhead
Catherine II the Gre... -
Charles Coburn
Chancellor Nicolai I... -
Anne Baxter
Countess Anna Jaschi... -
William Eythe
Lt. Alexei Chernoff -
Vincent Price
Marquis de Fleury -
Mischa Auer
Capt. Sukov -
Sig Rumann
Gen. Ronsky -
Vladimir Sokoloff
Malakoff -
Mikhail Rasumny
Drunken General -
Grady Sutton
Boris -
Donald Douglas
Variatinsky -
Egon Brecher
Wassilikow -
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Harry Carter
Footman -
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Arno Frey
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Eva Gabor
Countess Demidow -
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Ann Hunter
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Eugene Sigaloff
Russian General -
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All Critics (6) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (4)
There are hints of what might have been in the performances of Coburn and Price.
Top CriticA Royal Scandal, for all Miss Bankhead's presence, is an oddly dull and generally witless show.
A Royal Scandal is a highly hilarious comedy with superb performances by Tallulah Bankhead and Charles Coburn.
Preminger has no ear for comedy. It comes across heavy-handed, while the political intrigue comes only to a small boil
A few laughs, but Bankhead chews up the scenery and the pacing is off a beat.
Not a bad way to spend an hour and a half, but a strange anti-climax for Preminger after the brilliance of Laura, and a sad mark of Lubitsch's declining powers.
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Foreign Titles
- A Royal Scandal (1945) (DE)
- A Royal Scandal (1945) (UK)
