Catherine the Great | |
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Genre | Biography Drama History |
Written by | John Goldsmith Frank Tudisco |
Directed by | Marvin J. Chomsky John Goldsmith |
Starring | Catherine Zeta-Jones |
Music by | Laurence Rosenthal |
Country of origin | Germany United States Austria |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producers | Konstantin Thoeren Fred Sidewater Wolf Bauer |
Producer | Marvin J. Chomsky |
Cinematography | Elemér Ragályi |
Editor | Petra von Oelffen |
Running time | 100 minutes |
Original release | |
Release | 1995 |
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.
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 after she overthrows her husband to embrace her Russian future.
The film was released on Region 1 DVD on February 27, 2001 by A&E Home Video.