''Katia'' is a 1938 French
historical drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
starring
Danielle Darrieux
Danielle Yvonne Marie Antoinette Darrieux (; 1 May 1917 – 17 October 2017) was a French actress of stage, television and film, as well as a singer and dancer.
Beginning in 1931, she appeared in more than 110 films. She was one of France's g ...
. The movie was directed by
Maurice Tourneur, based on novel ''Princesse Mathe Bibesco'' by
Marthe Bibesco under the
pseudonym
A pseudonym (; ) or alias () is a fictitious name that a person or group assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true name (orthonym). This also differs from a new name that entirely or legally replaces an individua ...
Lucile Decaux. It tells the love affair of Russian princess and
Czar Alexander II.
It was remade in 1959 with
the same title, which starred
Romy Schneider
Romy Schneider (; born Rosemarie Magdalena Albach; 23 September 1938 – 29 May 1982) was a German-French actress. She began her career in the German genre in the early 1950s when she was 15. From 1955 to 1957, she played the central chara ...
.
Cast
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Danielle Darrieux
Danielle Yvonne Marie Antoinette Darrieux (; 1 May 1917 – 17 October 2017) was a French actress of stage, television and film, as well as a singer and dancer.
Beginning in 1931, she appeared in more than 110 films. She was one of France's g ...
as
Katia Dolgoroukov
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John Loder as Le tsar Alexandre II
*Marie-Hélène Dasté as
La Tsarine
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Aimé Clariond
Aimé Clariond (10 May 1894 – 31 December 1959) was a French stage and film actor.
Clariond was born in Périgueux, Dordogne, France and died in Paris.
Selected filmography
* ''The Brothers Karamazov'' (1931) - Ivan Karamazoff
* '' Amourous ...
as Le Comte Schouwaloff
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Thérèse Dorny as La baronne
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1938 films
French historical romance films
French black-and-white films
1930s historical romance films
1938 romantic drama films
Films set in Russia
Films set in the 1860s
Films set in the 1870s
Films set in the 1880s
French romantic drama films
1930s French-language films
1930s French films
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