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Katia is a 1938 French drama film starring Danielle Darrieux. The movie was directed by Maurice Tourneur, based on novel Princesse Mathe Bibesco by Marthe Bibesco under the pseudonym 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.
Original Release
10/19/1938
US Release
12/22/1939
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Danielle Darrieux | Catherine Dolgorousky / Katia |
| John Loder | Le tsar Alexandre II / Le Tsar Alexandre II de Russie |
| Aimé Clariond | Le comte Schowaloff |
| Marie-Hélène Dasté | La tsarine Maria Alexandrovna |
| Marcel Carpentier | Le général Potapoff |
| Raymond Aimos | Anatole - l'ouvrier parisien |
| Georges Prieur | Le chambellan |
| Thérèse Dorny | La baronne |
| Marcelle Praince | La grande-duchesse |
| Jacques Erwin | Troubetzkoï |
Directors
Writers
Princesse Bibesco, Jacques Companéez, Jean-Jacques Bernard
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Danielle Darrieux | Catherine Dolgorousky / Katia |
| John Loder | Le tsar Alexandre II / Le Tsar Alexandre II de Russie |
| Aimé Clariond | Le comte Schowaloff |
| Marie-Hélène Dasté | La tsarine Maria Alexandrovna |
| Marcel Carpentier | Le général Potapoff |
| Raymond Aimos | Anatole - l'ouvrier parisien |
| Georges Prieur | Le chambellan |
| Thérèse Dorny | La baronne |
| Marcelle Praince | La grande-duchesse |
| Jacques Erwin | Troubetzkoï |
| André Carnège | Le grand-duc |
| Geller | |
| Pierre Labry | Le sergent de police |
| Georges Flateau | L'empereur Napoléon III |
| Génia Vaury | L'impératrice Eugénie |
| Jacqueline Dhomont | Une élève du pensionnat |
| Anthony Gildès | Un dignitaire |
| Paul Marthès | L'ambassadeur turc |
| Jean Aymé | (as Jean Ayme) |
| Robert Seller | Un consommateur |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| André E. Algazy | Producer |
| Louis d'Hee | Producer |
| Bernard Natan | Producer |
| André Parant | Producer |
