Great Catherine (1968)

11/29/1968 (GB) • 1h 39m

Comedy

By day she was Catherine the Queen. By night she was Catherine the Great.

Overview

When British Capt. Charles Edstaston arrives at the court of Catherine the Great in St. Petersburg, Russia, he is stunned by the palace's disorderly condition. The severely intoxicated Prince Potemkin concludes that the handsome Edstaston would be a suitable lover for Catherine, and he coerces the bewildered visitor into her bedchamber. Edstaston manages to escape, but he is repeatedly recaptured and delivered to the mischievous Catherine.

Top Billed Cast

Peter O'Toole

Capt. Charles Edstaston

Zero Mostel

Potemkin

Jeanne Moreau

Catherine

Jack Hawkins

The British Ambassador

Marie Lohr

Dowager Lady Gorse

Marie Kean

Princess Dashkoff


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

queen

st. petersburg, russia

slapstick comedy

empress

royalty

aristocrat

nobility

englishman abroad

catherine the great

czarina / tsarina / tzarina

russian dancers

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