Catherine the Great
DVD cover, featuring Catherine Zeta-Jones
Genre	Biography Drama History
Written by	John Goldsmith Frank Tudisco
Directed by	Marvin J. Chomsky John Goldsmith
Starring	Catherine Zeta-Jones
Music by	Laurence Rosenthal
Country of origin	Germany United States Austria
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Konstantin Thoeren Fred Sidewater Wolf Bauer
Producers	Marvin J. Chomsky Kurt J. Mrkwicka (co-producer: Austria)
Cinematography	Elemér Ragályi
Editor	Petra von Oelffen
Running time	100 minutes
Original release
Release	1995 (1995)

Catherine the Great is a 1995 television movie based on the life of Catherine II of Russia. It stars Catherine Zeta-Jones as Catherine, Jeanne Moreau as Empress Elizabeth and Omar Sharif as Alexis Razumovsky.

Plot

A young German Princess (Catherine Zeta-Jones) marries the immature future Tsar Peter III (Hannes Jaenicke). She gradually becomes a skillful politician and rises to become Catherine the Great after she overthrows her husband to embrace her Russian future.

Cast

Home media

The film was released on Region 1 DVD on February 27, 2001 by A&E Home Video.

External links

• Catherine the Great at IMDb

References

• https://variety.com/1995/film/reviews/catherine-the-great-1200440516/

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