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Catherine the Great (1995 film)

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Wikipedia article




'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.

Plot



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.

Cast



*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

*Agns 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



The film was released on Region 1 DVD on February 27, 2001 by A&E Home Video.


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