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17 February 1991 (USA) morePlot:
A German princess is chosen to marry the heir to the Russian Throne, but faces plots and intrigues against her. | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 4 nominations moreUser Comments:
young Catherine? moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Vanessa Redgrave | ... | Empress Elizabeth | |
| Christopher Plummer | ... | Sir Charles | |
| Franco Nero | ... | Count Vorontsov | |
| Marthe Keller | ... | Johanna | |
| Maximilian Schell | ... | Frederick the Great | |
| Julia Ormond | ... | Catherine | |
| Mark Frankel | ... | Count Gregory Orlov | |
| Reece Dinsdale | ... | Grand Duke Peter | |
| Anna Kanakis | ... | Countess Vorontsova | |
| John Shrapnel | ... | Archimandrite Todorsky | |
| Hartmut Becker | ... | Catherine's Father | |
| Alexander Kerst | ... | Prussian Ambassador | |
| Laurie Holden | ... | Princess Deshkova | |
| Katharine Schlesinger | ... | Elizabeth Vorontsova | |
| Katya Galitzine | ... | Maria Choglokov |
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Frederick the Great: This frail, young slip of a girl has won herself an empire, and there is nothing anyone can do about it. Against all the odds, that is what she has done. moreFAQ
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The reviewer from Poland must be a feminist, for she finds "Young Catherine" to be a great film and historically accurate. Nothing could be further from the truth. As a practicing Russian historian for many, many years I took exception with YC at almost every turn, and in particular the politically correct depiction of her as the boss who single-handed moved Russia into a direction of dominance. The truth? She was only brought to St.Petersburg to be a wife and mother, and found she had to "bond" with the dvoriane, the boyars, and the military just to survive. So long as she did not challenge them she was able/ permitted to indulge her cultural wishes (filling up the Hermitage with art treasures, etc.). There are so many proofs that she was not "great," but in this area of post-modern revisionism proof is not very popular. YC is only a costume drama, a bit of fluff from Ted Turner that, like "Peter the Great" in 1986, is one more example of how badly Russia is portrayed in the West.