a royal scandal, also known as czarina, is a 1945 american romantic drama movie directed by otto perminger and ernst lubitsch and is the second version of die zarin (the czarina) by lajos bíró and melchior lengyel. it stars tallulah bankhead, charles coburn, anne baxter, william eythe, vincent price, mischa auer, sig ruman, donald douglas, vladimir sokoloff and was distributed by 20th century fox.