

Great Catherine
By day she was Catherine the Queen. By night she was Catherine the Great.
Comedy
Overview
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.
Status:
Released
Release Date:
1968-11-29
Runtime:
1h 39m
Director:
Gordon Flemyng
Writer:
Hugh Leonard
Top Cast

Peter O'Toole
Capt. Charles Edstaston

Zero Mostel
Potemkin

Jeanne Moreau
Catherine

Jack Hawkins
The British Ambassador

Akim Tamiroff
Sergeant

Marie Lohr
Dowager Lady Gorse

Marie Kean
Princess Dashkoff

Kenneth Griffith
Naryshkin

Angela Scoular
Claire

Kate O'Mara
Varinka

Gerald Lawson

Lea Seidl
Grand Duchess
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