Great Catherine (1968)Director:Gordon Flemyng |
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Great Catherine (1968)Director:Gordon Flemyng |
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| Peter O'Toole | ... |
Capt. Charles Edstaston
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| Zero Mostel | ... | ||
| Jeanne Moreau | ... | ||
| Jack Hawkins | ... |
The British Ambassador
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| Akim Tamiroff | ... |
Sergeant
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Marie Lohr | ... |
Dowager Lady Gorse
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Marie Kean | ... | |
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Kenneth Griffith | ... | |
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Angela Scoular | ... | |
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Kate O'Mara | ... |
Varinka
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Gerald Lawson |
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Lea Seidl | ... |
Grand Duchess
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Oliver MacGreevy | ... |
General Pskov
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Norma Foster | ... |
Mongol
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James Mellor | ... |
Colonel Pugachov
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This is an extremely important film for me developmentally. I happened to catch it on TV circa 1982, when I was 12 years old and just starting to understand my sexuality. The movie has a scene with Jeanne Moreau on a throne (as Great Catherine) and Peter O'Toole tied up at her feet. And, she goes on to tickle him in the ribs with her bare foot - sort of a playful, flirtatious, light torture... Then, as a condition for getting him untied, she makes him kiss her bare foot, along with a quote approximating, "show me how you treat a queen".
To this day, this remains an extremely erotic memory for me. It was a key moment in my discovery of my sexually submissive nature and strong foot fetish.