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
Catherine Zeta-Jones as Catherine
Paul McGann as Potemkin
Ian Richardson as Vorontzov
Brian Blessed as Bestuzhev
John Rhys-Davies as Pugachev
Craig McLachlan as Saltykov
Hannes Jaenicke as Peter
Agnès Soral as Countess Bruce
Mark McGann as Orlov
Karl Johnson as Sheshkovsky
Stephen McGann as Alexis Orlov
Veronica Ferres as Vorontsova
Mel Ferrer as Patriarch
Jeanne Moreau as Empress Elizabeth Petrovna
Omar Sharif as Razumovsky
Tim McInnerny as Mad Monk
Horst Frank as Schwerin
Vernon Dobtcheff as Naryshkin
Christoph Waltz as Mirovich
Home media
The film was released on Region 1 DVD on February 27, 2001 by A&E Home Video.