Catherine the Great (1996)
Catherine the Great is a 1996 drama movie directed by Marvin J. Chomsky and John Goldsmith, with a running time of 3h. It stars Catherine Zeta-Jones, Paul McGann and Ian Richardson.
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 as Catherine
- Paul McGann as Potemkin
- Ian Richardson as Vorontzov
- Brian Blessed as Bestuzhev
- Christoph Waltz as Mirovich
- Hannes Jaenicke as Peter
- John Rhys-Davies as Pugachev
- Agnès Soral as Gräfin Bruce
- Veronica Ferres as Vorontzova
- Mel Ferrer as Patriarch
- Jeanne Moreau as Elizabeth
- Omar Sharif as Razumovsky