
It's a tale of power and passions when a Russian siren, who wants the finer things in life, sinks her hooks into a judge, a decadent aristocrat and an estate superintendent, with surprising results.
Cast

George Sanders
Fedja Michailovitch Petroff

Linda Darnell
Olga Kuzminichna Urbenin

Anna Lee
Nadina Kalenin

Edward Everett Horton
Count "Piggy" Volsky

Hugo Haas
Anton Urbenin

Laurie Lane
Clara Heller
John Philliber
Polycarp

Sig Ruman
Kuzma

John Abbott
Lunin

Mary Servoss
Mrs. Kalenin

André Charlot
Mr. Kalenin

Robert Greig
Gregory

Nina Koshetz
Gypsy Singer

Paul Hurst
Orloff

Charles Trowbridge
Doctor

Don Brodie
Bit Player (uncredited)

Jimmy Conlin
Man Mailing Letter (uncredited)

Byron Foulger
Clerk in Newspaper Office (uncredited)

John Kelly
Bit Player (uncredited), Policeman (uncredited)
Kate MacKenna
Woman with Umbrella (uncredited)

Mike Mazurki
Tall Policeman Bending Over Petroff (uncredited)

Sharon McManus
Beggar Child (uncredited)

Fred Nurney
Judge in Kharkov (uncredited)

Frank Orth
Cafe Maitre d' at End (uncredited)

Sarah Padden
Beggar Woman (uncredited)

Constance Purdy
Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Elizabeth Russell
Dinner Guest Offended by Kuzma (uncredited)
Ann Staunton
Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Charles Wagenheim
Bit Part (uncredited)
Anita Venge
Bit Part (uncredited)

Lon Poff
Foreman of the Jury (uncredited)

Frances Morris
Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Gabriel Lenoff
Father Konstantin - Priest (uncredited)
Kenneth Jones
Bit Player (uncredited)
Joyce Gates
Gypsy Girl (uncredited)

Rex Evans
Bit Part (uncredited)
Woody Charles
Young Lackey (uncredited)
Crew

Douglas Sirk
Director, Writer, Adaptation
Robert Thoeren
Writer, Additional Dialogue
Rowland Leigh
Screenplay

Anton Chekhov
Novel
Archie Stout
Director of Photography
Eugen Schüfftan
Director of Photography
William McGarry
Assistant Director
Seymour Nebenzal
Producer
Rudolf S. Joseph
Associate Producer
Max Pretzfelder
Costume Design
Lon Anthony
Costume Design
Richard de Wesse
Sound Recordist
Richard DeWeese
Sound Recordist
Fred Lau
Sound
Karl Hajos
Original Music Composer, Music Director
Emile Kuri
Set Decoration
Gregg Tallas
Editorial Services
Walter Mayo
Production Manager
Rudi Feld
Art Direction



















