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  1. The Emperor's Candlesticks is a 1937 historical drama film starring William Powell and Luise Rainer and directed by George Fitzmaurice. It is based on the 1899 novel of the same name by Baroness Orczy.

  2. The Emperor's Candlesticks: Directed by George Fitzmaurice. With William Powell, Luise Rainer, Robert Young, Maureen O'Sullivan. A male Polish secret agent and a female Russian secret-police spy smuggle messages to St. Petersburg in candlesticks.

    • (831)
    • Drama, History, Romance
    • George Fitzmaurice
    • 1937-07-02
  3. Brief Synopsis. Spies on opposite sides fall in love in pre-revolutionary Russia. Cast & Crew. Read More. George Fitzmaurice. Director. William Powell. Baron Stephan Wolensky. Luise Rainer. Coutness Olga Mironova. Robert Young. Grand Duke Peter. Maureen O'sullivan. Maria [Orlech] Frank Morgan. Colonel Baron Suroff. Photos & Videos. View All.

    • George Fitzmaurice, Edward Woehler
    • William Powell
  4. When both intelligence operatives attempt to send coded messages through hollowed-out candlesticks belonging to the nobility, they suddenly find their lives in danger and their passionate romance...

    • (5)
    • William Powell
    • George Fitzmaurice
  5. Plot introduction. When a group of Russian anarchists kidnap a Russian prince in Vienna there are repercussions. On learning that the Cardinal d'Orsay has agreed to convey some hollow candlesticks from the Emperor to the Princess Marionoff in St Petersburg, two spies both see the possibility of using them to convey messages safely into Russia. [4]

  6. A William Powell and Luise Rainer Russia-set spy melodrama. The third and final pairing of Powell and Rainer, with the latter still high off her surprise Oscar win for The Great Ziegfeld at the 9th Academy Awards.

  7. Overview. Spies on opposite sides fall in love in pre-revolutionary Russia. George Fitzmaurice.