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Great Catherine
Great Catherine

Great Catherine

By day she was Catherine the Queen. By night she was Catherine the Great.

Genres

Comedy

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

99 mins

Rating

5.8/10

Release Date

29 November 1968

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Peter O'Toole

Peter O'Toole

Capt. Charles Edstaston

Zero Mostel

Zero Mostel

Potemkin

Jeanne Moreau

Jeanne Moreau

Catherine

Jack Hawkins

Jack Hawkins

The British Ambassador

Akim Tamiroff

Akim Tamiroff

Sergeant

Marie Lohr

Marie Lohr

Dowager Lady Gorse

Marie Kean

Marie Kean

Princess Dashkoff

Kenneth Griffith

Kenneth Griffith

Naryshkin

Angela Scoular

Angela Scoular

Claire

Kate O'Mara

Kate O'Mara

Varinka

Gerald Lawson

Gerald Lawson

Lea Seidl

Lea Seidl

Grand Duchess

Oliver MacGreevy

Oliver MacGreevy

General Pskov

Norma Foster

Norma Foster

Mongol

James Mellor

James Mellor

Colonel Pugachov

Claire Gordon

Claire Gordon

Elizabeth Vokonska

Declan Mulholland

Declan Mulholland

Count Tokhtamysh

Janet Kelly

Janet Kelly

Anna Schuvalova

Henry Woolf

Henry Woolf

Egrebyomka

Catherine Lancaster

Catherine Lancaster

Sophia

Alfred Ravel

Alfred Ravel

Glazier

Gordon Rollings

Gordon Rollings

Glazier

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