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Great Catherine

Great Catherine

NOV 29, 1968 · 99 MIN · DIR. GORDON FLEMYNG

Comedy

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.

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

  • Lea Seidl

    Grand Duchess

Crew

Writer

Hugh Leonard

Director of Photography

Oswald Morris

Editor

Anne V. Coates

Original Music Composer

Dimitri Tiomkin

Producer

Jules Buck