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Great Catherine(Movie, 1968)

1h 39min | Genre: Comedy
Great CatherineRating: 2.8/5 (with 33 votes)
Great Catherine is a 1968 British comedy film directed by Gordon Flemyng, based on a 1913 one act play by George Bernard Shaw, and starring Peter O'Toole, Zero Mostel, Jeanne Moreau and Jack Hawkins. Like the play, it is loosely based on the story of Sir Charles Hanbury Williams and his time spent as an envoy at the Russian court. It was shot at Shepperton Studios near London with sets designed by the art directors John Bryan and William Hutchinson. The score was composed by Dimitri Tiomkin. ()
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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.

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Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)
Plays in: Russian Empire
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 3 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Portuguese (PT)
Status: Released
Release date US: 11/29/1968
Appearing Characters: Catherine II of Russia, Grigory Potemkin, Yekaterina Dashkova, Naryshkin
Director: Gordon Flemyng
Producer: Jules Buck
Screenwriter: George Bernard Shaw
Film Editor: Anne V. Coates
Director of Photography: Oswald Morris
Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"La grande Catherine"

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:132764, Added: 03/27/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024