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Catherine the Great (1995 film)
Catherine the Great is a 1995 television movie based on the life of Catherine II of Russia. It stars Catherine Zeta-Jones as Catherine, Jeanne Moreau as Empress Elizabeth and Omar Sharif as Alexis Razumovsky.
| Catherine the Great | |
|---|---|
DVD cover, featuring Catherine Zeta-Jones | |
| Genre | Biography Drama History |
| Written by | John Goldsmith Frank Tudisco |
| Directed by | Marvin J. Chomsky John Goldsmith |
| Starring | Catherine Zeta-Jones |
| Music by | Laurence Rosenthal |
| Country of origin | Germany United States Austria |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Konstantin Thoeren Fred Sidewater Wolf Bauer |
| Producers | Marvin J. Chomsky Kurt J. Mrkwicka (co-producer: Austria) |
| Cinematography | Elemér Ragályi |
| Editor | Petra von Oelffen |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Release | 1995 |
Plot edit
A young German Princess (Catherine Zeta-Jones) marries the immature future Tsar Peter III (Hannes Jaenicke). She gradually becomes a skillful politician and rises to become Catherine the Great after she overthrows her husband to embrace her Russian future.
Cast edit
- Catherine Zeta-Jones as Catherine
- Paul McGann as Potemkin
- Ian Richardson as Vorontzov
- Brian Blessed as Bestuzhev
- John Rhys-Davies as Pugachev
- Craig McLachlan as Saltykov
- Hannes Jaenicke as Peter
- Agnès Soral as Countess Bruce
- Mark McGann as Orlov
- Karl Johnson as Sheshkovsky
- Stephen McGann as Alexis Orlov
- Veronica Ferres as Vorontsova
- Mel Ferrer as Patriarch
- Jeanne Moreau as Empress Elizabeth Petrovna
- Omar Sharif as Razumovsky
- Tim McInnerny as Mad Monk
- Horst Frank as Schwerin
- Vernon Dobtcheff as Naryshkin
- Christoph Waltz as Mirovich
Home media edit
The film was released on Region 1 DVD on February 27, 2001 by A&E Home Video.
External links edit
- Catherine the Great at IMDb
References edit