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
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Key dates
- Published
- 1 January 1968
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- 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
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1960s historical comedy films1968 British films1968 English-language films1968 filmsBritish historical comedy filmsEnglish-language historical comedy filmsFilms about Catherine the GreatFilms based on works by George Bernard ShawFilms directed by Gordon FlemyngFilms scored by Dimitri TiomkinFilms set in the 18th-century Russian EmpireFilms shot at Shepperton Studios