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Great Catherine
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5.9When 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.
Released: 1968-11-2999 minDir: Gordon FlemyngComedy
Cast
- Peter O'Toole as Capt. Charles Edstaston
- Zero Mostel as Potemkin
- Jeanne Moreau as Catherine
- Jack Hawkins as The British Ambassador
- Akim Tamiroff as Sergeant
- Marie Lohr as Dowager Lady Gorse
Themes
- queen
- st. petersburg, russia
- slapstick comedy
- empress
- royalty
- aristocrat
- nobility
- englishman abroad
- catherine the great
- czarina / tsarina / tzarina
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Gordon Flemyng
- Screenwriter
- George Bernard Shaw
- Cast member
- Marie Kean
- Composer
- Dimitri Tiomkin
- Cinematographer
- Oswald Morris
- Narrative location
- Russian Empire
- Duration
- 99
- FilmAffinity ID
- 323811
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- publication date
- 1968-01-01
- title
- Great Catherine
- distributed by
- Associated British Picture Corporation
- film editor
- Anne V. Coates
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