Great Catherine (1968)
Great Catherine (1968)
By day she was Catherine the Queen. By night she was Catherine the Great.
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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Cast

Peter O'Toole Peter O'Toole As: Capt. Charles Edstaston
Zero Mostel Zero Mostel As: Potemkin
Jeanne Moreau Jeanne Moreau As: Catherine
Jack Hawkins Jack Hawkins As: The British Ambassador
Akim Tamiroff Akim Tamiroff As: Sergeant
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Storyline

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.


Tagline: By day she was Catherine the Queen. By night she was Catherine the Great.
Certification: Unknown

Details

Genres: Comedy

Language: English

Release Date: 29 November 1968

Country: GB

Runtime: 99m

Company Credits

Company: Keep Films, Warner Bros.-Seven Arts

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Cast

Peter O'Toole

Peter O'Toole

Capt. Charles Edstaston

Zero Mostel

Zero Mostel

Potemkin

Jeanne Moreau

Jeanne Moreau

Catherine

Jack Hawkins

Jack Hawkins

The British Ambassador

Akim Tamiroff

Akim Tamiroff

Sergeant

Marie Lohr

Marie Lohr

Dowager Lady Gorse

Marie Kean

Marie Kean

Princess Dashkoff

Kenneth Griffith

Kenneth Griffith

Naryshkin

Angela Scoular

Angela Scoular

Claire

Kate O'Mara

Kate O'Mara

Varinka

Gerald Lawson

Gerald Lawson

Lea Seidl

Lea Seidl

Grand Duchess

Oliver MacGreevy

Oliver MacGreevy

General Pskov

Norma Foster

Norma Foster

Mongol

James Mellor

James Mellor

Colonel Pugachov

Claire Gordon

Claire Gordon

Elizabeth Vokonska

Declan Mulholland

Declan Mulholland

Count Tokhtamysh

Janet Kelly

Janet Kelly

Anna Schuvalova

Henry Woolf

Henry Woolf

Egrebyomka

Catherine Lancaster

Catherine Lancaster

Sophia

Alfred Ravel

Alfred Ravel

Glazier

Gordon Rollings

Gordon Rollings

Glazier

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Writing Credits

Production Crew

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Costume and Makeup

A.G. Scott

A.G. Scott

Hair Department Head

Bill Lodge

Bill Lodge

Makeup Supervisor

Margaret Furse

Margaret Furse

Costume Design

Sound

Dimitri Tiomkin

Dimitri Tiomkin

Original Music Composer

Visual Effects

Not currently known.

Camera

Oswald Morris

Oswald Morris

Director of Photography

Laurie Ridley

Laurie Ridley

Still Photographer

Lighting

Not currently known.

Art Department

William Hutchinson

William Hutchinson

Art Direction

John Bryan

John Bryan

Production Design

Pamela Cornell

Pamela Cornell

Set Dresser

Other Crew

Not currently known.

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