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14 October 2000 (Israel)
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Trapped 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. full summary | add synopsis
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Catherine Zeta-Jones | ... | Catherine | |
| Paul McGann | ... | Potemkin | |
| Ian Richardson | ... | Vorontzov | |
| Brian Blessed | ... | Bestuzhev | |
| John Rhys-Davies | ... | Pugachev | |
| Craig McLachlan | ... | Saltykov | |
| Hannes Jaenicke | ... | Peter | |
| Agnès Soral | ... | Countess Bruce | |
| Mark McGann | ... | Orlov | |
| Karl Johnson | ... | Sheshkovsky | |
| Stephen McGann | ... | Alexis Orlov | |
| Veronica Ferres | ... | Vorontzova | |
| Mel Ferrer | ... | Patriarch | |
| Jeanne Moreau | ... | Elizabeth | |
| Omar Sharif | ... | Razumovsky |
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Katharina die Große (Germany)
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Germany:180 min (2 parts) | USA:100 min | 60 min (3 episodes)
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.33 : 1 more
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Continuity: When Catherine borrows the wooden cross from Potemkin, it is hanging from a simple string. But when she gives it back, it has been strung with matching wooden beads. There is no explanation if this is a different prop or if Catherine added the beads herself.
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Version of Young Catherine (1991) (TV)
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Catherine Zeta-Jones does an outstanding job in this movie about Catherine the Great of Russia (Zeta-Jones earns the title for herself.) The political intrigue of the 18th century Imperial Russian court comes alive as Catherine - to ensure her own survival - seizes the throne from her husband, the dim-witted and obnoxious Czar Peter, and establishes herself as Empress of Russia. Demonstrating her own political skills, she becomes absolute ruler.
There are some very good battle scenes and few weaknesses in this movie. The plight of the Russian serfs might have been made a little more clear. Their revolt against Catherine's authority dominates the latter part of the movie, but somehow we never really get any strong sense of what they were up against. I also would have been quite willing to watch this movie for another hour or so to have been able to follow Catherine's later career. As it stands, the ending left me a bit empty. All in all, though, this movie well deserves a rating of 8 out of 10.