Catherine the Great

Apr 28, 1996

3h 0m

★ 5.7

Through Treachery, Passion and Courage, She Built an Empire

Overview

Trapped in a loveless arranged marriage to the immature future Czar, a young German Princess proves a skillful political infighter and rises to become Catherine the Great.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

History

Production Companies

MR Filmproduktion

Patrola Film

Skylark Cine Inc.

ZDF

UFA Fernsehproduktion

UFA International

UFA

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Cast

Catherine

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Potemkin

Paul McGann

Vorontzov

Ian Richardson

Bestuzhev

Brian Blessed

Mirovich

Christoph Waltz

Peter

Hannes Jaenicke

Pugachev

John Rhys-Davies

Gräfin Bruce

Agnès Soral

Vorontzova

Veronica Ferres

Patriarch

Mel Ferrer

Elizabeth

Jeanne Moreau

Razumovsky

Omar Sharif

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