Film · 1996

Catherine the Great

Name: Catherine the Great
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky
Genre: Drama, TV Movie, History
Released: 1996-04-28
Rating: 5.6

180 min · Directed by Marvin J. Chomsky

Drama TV Movie History

5.634
ratings

Through Treachery, Passion and Courage, She Built an Empire

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.

Cast

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Catherine

Paul McGann

Potemkin

Ian Richardson

Vorontzov

Brian Blessed

Bestuzhev

Christoph Waltz

Mirovich

Hannes Jaenicke

Peter

John Rhys-Davies

Pugachev

Agnès Soral

Gräfin Bruce

Veronica Ferres

Vorontzova

Mel Ferrer

Patriarch

Jeanne Moreau

Elizabeth

Omar Sharif

Razumovsky

Horst Frank

Schwerin

Vernon Dobtcheff

Naryshkin

Crew

Director: Marvin J. Chomsky, John Goldsmith
Producer: Konstantin Thoeren, Wolf Bauer, Kurt J. Mrkwicka, Marvin J. Chomsky, Fred Sidewater
Writer: John Goldsmith, Frank Tudisco
Editor: Petra von Oelffen
Cinematography: Elemér Ragályi
Production Design: Sarah Horton, Werner Achmann
Art Direction: Peter Manhardt, Udo Scharnowski, Werner Achmann
Composer: Laurence Rosenthal
Costume: Barbara Baum

Details

Studios: MR Filmproduktion, Patrola Film, Skylark Cine Inc.
Countries: Austria, Germany, United States of America
Languages: English
Release: April 28, 1996

Themes

18th centuryrussian historyimperial russiapalace intriguecatherine the greatrussian empire

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