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.

• Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation
• Paramount Pictures
• Emil Jannings
• Florence Vidor
• Lewis Stone
• Vera Voronina
• Neil Hamilton
• Harry Cording
• Nicholas Kobliansky
• Sam Savitsky