Catherine the Great in movies
Empress Catherine II of Russia in movies. Императрица Екатерина II Великая в фильмах.
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- DirectorKai HansenMaurice MaîtreStarsV. MikulinaN. AleksandrovaNikolai VekovDuring the reign of Russia's Empress Ekaterina II (Catherine the Great), Count Orlov writes a letter to the Empress, denouncing Princess Tarakanova as a traitor and a would-be usurper. On the Empress's orders, Tarakanova is led into a trap and arrested. Because the Princess continues to insist that she is the only true heir to the throne, she quickly finds herself in great danger.Possibly the 1st movie featuring Catherine II.
Love triangle between Orlov, empress and pretender Tarakanova.
Actress: N. Pogorelskaya - DirectorWladyslaw StarewiczStarsFryderyk JarossyArsenii BibikovB. DzenayevichActress: V. Petrova-Volgina
- DirectorReinhold SchünzelStarsLucie HöflichFritz KortnerReinhold SchünzelActress: Lucie Höflich
- DirectorErnst LubitschStarsPola NegriAdolphe MenjouRod La RocqueAlexei saves the Czarina from conspirators and is rewarded with her love. He deserts his sweetheart Anna, but discovers that his Queen is unfaithful too. Enraged, Alexei becomes a leader in the ongoing revolution against the royals.Actress: Pola Negri
- DirectorGrigoriy RoshalStarsVarvara MassalitinovaPavel TammSofya YakovlevaDenis Fonvizin's play Nedorosl. Empress in episode.
Actress - Nadezhda Borskaya - DirectorRaymond BernardStarsPierre BlancharCharles DullinÉdith JéhanneIn 1776, an inventor conceals a Polish nobleman in his chess-playing automaton, a machine whose fame leads it to the court of the Russian empress.Henry Dupuis-Mazuel's novel about the Mechanical Turk. Proud Polish inventor vs. capricious and cruel Empress.
Actress: Marcelle Charles Dullin - DirectorAlexandre VolkoffStarsIvan MozzhukhinSuzanne BianchettiDiana KarenneA flamboyant portrait of the famous seducer seen by a former baritone of the Moscow Opera who, after a vocal accident, leaves for Germany and then France to devote himself to cinema.Actress: Suzanne Bianchetti
- DirectorVladimir StrizhevskyStarsLil DagoverPeter VoßDimitri SmirnoffActress: Lil Dagover
- DirectorPaul CzinnerAlexander KordaStarsDouglas Fairbanks Jr.Elisabeth BergnerFlora RobsonStraightforward biography of the Russian Empress, up to her assumption of the throne.Based on the play The Czarina by Lajos Biró and Melchior Lengyel.
Actress: Elisabeth Bergner - DirectorJosef von SternbergStarsMarlene DietrichJohn LodgeSam JaffeA German noblewoman enters into a loveless marriage with the dim-witted, unstable heir to the Russian throne, then plots to oust him from power.Actress: Marlene Dietrich
Grotesque - DirectorPavel Petrov-BytovStarsKonstantin SkorobogatovKasim MukhutdinovYakov MalyutinEmelian Pugachev pretends to be Czar Peter III and leads an uprising against Catherine. His Cossack-Bashkir army has some success, and the people in the territory believe him to be the Czar. But the uprising is short-lived and Catherine's forces crushes his army, and he is drawn-and-quartered on the block.Actress - Anna Panova
- DirectorJean DrévilleStarsFrançoise RosayConrad VeidtBernard LancretA toymaker in Poland specializes in building lifesize mechanical men. He builds a chess-playing "automaton" to hide a pretty young Polish activist who is being hunted by occupying Russian forces.Henry Dupuis-Mazuel's novel about the Mechanical Turk. Proud Polish inventor vs. capricious and cruel Empress.
Actress: Françoise Rosay - DirectorEdgar G. UlmerStarsMaria SokilL. BiberowichF. BraznickMusical comedy of Cossack refugees who have been sent packing to the Ottoman empire after their fortress has been destroyed.Operetta. Author Semen Gulak-Artemovskiy
Actress - L. Biberovich - DirectorJosef von BákyStarsHans AlbersWilhelm BendowMichael BohnenThis lavish, impudent, adult fairy tale takes the viewer from 18th-century Braunschweig to St. Petersburg, Constantinople, Venice, and then to the moon using ingenious special effects, stunning location shooting.Actress: Brigitte Horney
- DirectorOtto PremingerErnst LubitschStarsTallulah BankheadCharles CoburnAnne BaxterIn 18th century Russia, the naive and idealistic lieutenant Chernov meets Empress Catherine the Great who becomes infatuated with him and appoints him Chief of the Imperial Guard.Based on the play The Czarina by Lajos Biró and Melchior Lengyel.
Actress: Tallulah Bankhead - DirectorMario CameriniStarsIrasema DiliánAmedeo NazzariVittorio GassmanLiterary adaptation: A peasant leader under the enlightened despotism of Empress Catherine the Great, and a love story.A. Pushkin novel "The Captain's Daughter". Empress in episode
Actress - Olga Solbelli - DirectorFred CoeStarsGertrude LawrenceCathleen CordellMicheál MacLiammóirAn English officer must cope with the wiles of Catherine the Great.Bernard Shaw's play (satiric)
Actress: Gertrude Lawrence - DirectorSidney SalkowStarsRichard GreeneValentina CorteseGreta GyntCount Orlof, one of Catherine of Russia's many overnight favourites, travels to Venice on her behalf to abduct Elizabeth Tarakanova who has been laying claim to the throne from the Crimea. Once there, he finds the local charms of the Princess hard to resist.Princess Tarakanova's story
Actress: Binnie Barnes - DirectorMikhail RommStarsIvan PereverzevBoris LivanovSergey BondarchukHistorical epic about the legendary Russian naval commander of the 18th century, admiral Fyodor Ushakov, and his fight for Crimea during the Russo-Turkish War.Naval officer's story
Actress: Olga Zhiznyeva - StarsDorothy AlisonPeter CopleyPeter DiamondAn English officer must cope with the wily Russian Empress.
- DirectorGennadiy KazanskiyGrigoriy RoshalStarsGrigori BelovNikolay CherkasovAleksandr BorisovA musical biography of the great Russian classical composer.Life of 19th century composer. Empress in episode.
Actress - Anna Lisyanskaya - DirectorBarry MorseStarsSydney SturgessBernard Shaw's play (satiric)
Actress: Sydney Sturgess - DirectorAlberto LattuadaStarsSilvana ManganoVan HeflinViveca LindforsIn 18th century Russia, Imperial officer Piotr Grinov is dispatched to a faraway isolated outpost where his loyalties are tested during the Pugachev Rebellion against the Empress Catherine II.A. Pushkin novel "The Captain's Daughter". Empress in episode
Actress: Viveca Lindfors - DirectorVladimir KaplunovskiyStarsOleg StrizhenovSergei LukyanovIya ArepinaThis literary adaptation focuses on the life of a rebellious young man in Tsarist Russia.A. Pushkin novel "The Captain's Daughter". Empress in episode
- DirectorJohn FarrowStarsRobert StackMarisa PavanCharles CoburnThe career of Revolutionary War naval hero from his youth in Scotland through his service to Catherine the Great of Russia.Naval officer's story
Actress: Bette Davis - DirectorAleksandr RouStarsAleksandr KhvylyaLyudmila MyznikovaYuri TavrovSurreal Soviet-era Christmas fantasy movie.Nikolay Gogol's cossack tale. Empress in episode.
- DirectorUmberto LenziStarsHildegard KnefSergio FantoniGiacomo Rossi StuartCaterina finds out that her husband Peter Tzar of Russia, is plotting to kill her. She sets Count Orlov free from prison, Peter's sworn enemy, becomes empress of Russia and leads the Cossacks army against him.Actress: Hildegard Knef
- StarsUmberto OrsiniAldo RendineLucilla MorlacchiA. Pushkin novel "The Captain's Daughter". Empress in episode
- DirectorGordon FlemyngStarsPeter O'TooleZero MostelJeanne MoreauSlapstick comedy based on the play by George Bernard Shaw. A stiff English officer, captain Charles Edstaston (Peter O'Toole), and his fiancée Claire arrive in St. Petersburg. Edstaston is brought to the imperial court to seek audience with the empress Catherine (Jeanne Moreau). He obtains an interview with her courtier, the drunken Potemkin (Zero Mostel), who ends up carrying him in his arms to the empress and dumping him into her royal bed. From this moment on, the hapless Edstaston endeavours to escape from the clutches of the sex-crazed empress and leave the city with his English fiancée.Bernard Shaw's play (satiric)
Actress: Jeanne Moreau - DirectorBoris IvchenkoStarsIvan MikolaychukLidiya BelozyorovaFyodor StrigunA Soviet musical-tragicomedy film by Dovzhenko Film Studios in Kyiv. The movie is considered a pearl of Soviet and Ukrainian cinema. The film is based on the novella by Nikolay Gogol.Nikolay Gogol's cossack tale. Empress in episode.
- DirectorDave WilsonGary WeisWalter WilliamsStarsKaren BlackJohn PrineDan AykroydThe host for the episode is Karen Black, and the musical guest is John Prine. The skits for this episode are as follows: Chevy Chase returns after his injury and is pushed out of his wheelchair by John Belushi. Karen Black talks about her son and great mothers in history during her opening monologue. Baba Wawa interviews Indira Gandhi. Ford and Carter have another unusual debate. A re-run ad pitches amazing new triple-bladed razors. Amish crime fighters help out victims when catching crooks quickly isn't a priority. A wife feeds her husband Green Cross cupcakes since they're guaranteed not to cause cancer. Catherine the Great takes her horse as her new lover. A high school loser meets up with a former cheerleader at the lunch counter at Woolworth's and completely fails to make a good impression. Mr. Bill goes to a party where he suffers a variety of physical abuse. John Belushi sings "One for the Road" while a caption lists the number of crimes he's committed. John Prine performs "Hello in There" and "The Bottomless Lake". Karen Black sings "Ten Cents a Dance".
- DirectorAleksei SaltykovStarsEvgeniy MatveevVija ArtmaneTamara SyominaRussian movie about Cossack revolt
Actress: Vija Artmane - DirectorAmiran DarsavelidzeGiga LortkipanidzeStarsTengiz ArchvadzeGogi GegechkoriGia BurjanadzeActress - Nina Yurasova
- StarsIgor VolkovOleg MenshikovNatalya SaykoA biographical epic about the legendary Russian scientist, historian, linguist and writer Mikhailo Lomonosov and his lifelong search for truth.Scientist' life. Empress in episode.
Actress - Kathrin Kohi - DirectorKlaus KönigStarsUschi KarnatWerner SinghJean-Paul BlondeauPorno
- DirectorKlaus KönigStarsUschi KarnatWerner SinghSascha AtzenbeckBased on stories surrounding the debauched life of Catherine the Great, where the empress treats lovers and foes with similar, arbitrary cruelties. Some historical facts are presented, as well as interpreted and re-written ones.Porno
- StarsPeter UstinovAleksandr TrofimovOlegar FedoroActress - Valentina Azovskaya
- DirectorSergei OvcharovStarsRolan BykovNatalya GundarevaSvetlana KryuchkovaThe bureaucratic epos on dialogues and M.E.Saltykova-Shchedrina's plots, life of the city of Glupov led by petty tyrants - city's mayors.Saltikov-Schedrin's Tale of one city. Episode
Actress - Svetlana Kruchkova - DirectorMichael AndersonStarsVanessa RedgraveChristopher PlummerFranco NeroA German princess is chosen to marry the heir to the Russian Throne, but faces plots and intrigues against her.Actress: Julia Ormond
- DirectorVitaliy MelnikovStarsNikolay YeryomenkoSvetlana KryuchkovaAnna SamokhinaIn 1775 Catherine II sends infamous count Orlov to capture and bring to Russia the supposed pretender to the Russian throne. Who has been claiming to be Elizabeth of Russia's daughter.Great Russian movie. Princess Tarakanova's story - about love triangle.
Actress: Svetlana Kryuchkova - DirectorSvetlana DruzhininaStarsDmitriy KharatyanSergey ZhigunovMikhail MamaevIn the second movie the Naval Cadets are guarding the princess coming from Germany to marry a Russian prince.Russian adventure movie about 18th-century young officers.
Actress: Christina Orbakaite - DirectorJun'ya SatôStarsKen OgataToshiyuki NishidaTakuzô KawataniThe journey of a shipwrecked Japanese expedition from the Pacific Ocean across Siberia to the court of Catherine the Great of Russia. It is based on a book of the same name by Japanese writer Yasushi Inoue.Japan saylors lost in Russia.
Actress: Marina Vlady - DirectorTamara PavlyuchenkoStarsDarya YurskayaAndrey RostotskiyLidiya Fedoseeva-Shukshina1787 . The love story of Count Sheremetev and the serf actress Praskovya Zhemchugova is played out in the original historical decorations of the Ostankino and Kuskovo palaces-museums.Movie about actress Praskovya Zhemchugova. Empress in episode.
Actress - Lydia Fedoseeva-Shukshina - DirectorMarvin J. ChomskyJohn GoldsmithStarsCatherine Zeta-JonesPaul McGannIan RichardsonTrapped 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.Actress: Catherine Zeta-Jones
- DirectorBrian LargeStarsGalina GorchakovaPlácido DomingoElisabeth SöderströmPetr Chaykovsky's opera. Empress in episode
- DirectorAleksandr ProshkinStarsVladimir MashkovMateusz DamieckiVladimir IlinA historical drama based on the novel of the same name.Russian movie about Cossack revolt. A. Pushkin novel "The Captain's Daughter". Empress in episode
Actress: Olga Antonova - DirectorAleksandr SokurovStarsSergey DreydenMariya KuznetsovaLeonid MozgovoyA 19th century French aristocrat, notorious for his scathing memoirs about life in Russia, travels through the Russian State Hermitage Museum and encounters historical figures from the last 200+ years.Russian movie. A 19th century French aristocrat, notorious for his scathing memoirs about life in Russia, travels through the Russian State Hermitage Museum and encounters historical figures from the last 200+ years.
Actress: Mariya Kuznetsova - DirectorPaul BurgessJohn-Paul DavidsonStarsEmily BruniDiana DumbravaDan ChiriacDrama documentary reconstructing the life and times of Catherine the Great of Russia.Actress: Emily Bruni
- DirectorDon CampbellStarsSimon Sebag MontefioreNicholas SchatzkiDouglas SmithThe story of how Catherine the Great rose from the fringes of nobility to become Empress of Russia.
- DirectorGiacomo CampiottiStarsVanessa HesslerPrimo ReggianiNini SalernoA. Pushkin novel "The Captain's Daughter". Empress in episode
Actress - Edwige Fenech - DirectorYannis SmaragdisStarsSebastian KochEvgeniy StychkinJuan Diego BottoThe Greek pirate who turned businessman, Ioannis Varvakis, made his fortune selling caviar in Russia and all over the world. Varvakis strives all his life for freedom for himself and then for his country.Empress in episode
Actress - Catherine Deneuve - StarsSvetlana BakulinaNataliya YermolayevaNatalia LatyshevaActress - Alla Oding
- StarsMarina AleksandrovaMichael GorVladimir YaglychThe life of Russian Empress Ekaterina II (Catherine the Great), a German-born princess who came to Russia as the wife of Peter III, chosen by her aunt Elizabeth, and who, once in power, transformed the Russian empire.Actress - Marina Aleksandrova
- StarsYulia SnigirPavel DerevyankoViktoriya AgalakovaThe story of Catherine the Great from the time she came to Russia as the bride of the heir to the Russian throne.Actress - Yuliya Snigir