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Great Catherine
“By day she was Catherine the Queen. By night she was Catherine the Great.”
5.9 / 10• 1968• 1h 39m•NR• English
Comedy
Storyline
When British Capt. Charles Edstaston arrives at the court of Catherine the Great in St. Petersburg, Russia, he is stunned by the palace's disorderly condition. The severely intoxicated Prince Potemkin concludes that the handsome Edstaston would be a suitable lover for Catherine, and he coerces the bewildered visitor into her bedchamber. Edstaston manages to escape, but he is repeatedly recaptured and delivered to the mischievous Catherine.
Cast & Crew
Peter O'Toole
Capt. Charles Edstaston
Lead
Zero Mostel
Potemkin
Jeanne Moreau
Catherine
Jack Hawkins
The British Ambassador
Akim Tamiroff
Sergeant
Marie Lohr
Dowager Lady Gorse
Marie Kean
Princess Dashkoff
Kenneth Griffith
Naryshkin
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Gordon Flemyng's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Great Catherine is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
