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Feature film — 1968

Great Catherine (1968)

5.91h 39mComedy

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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Director: Gordon Flemyng

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Cast & crew

Peter O'Toole as Capt. Charles Edstaston

Peter O'Toole

Capt. Charles Edstaston

Zero Mostel as Potemkin

Zero Mostel

Potemkin

Jeanne Moreau as Catherine

Jeanne Moreau

Catherine

Jack Hawkins as The British Ambassador

Jack Hawkins

The British Ambassador

Akim Tamiroff as Sergeant

Akim Tamiroff

Sergeant

Marie Lohr as Dowager Lady Gorse

Marie Lohr

Dowager Lady Gorse

Marie Kean as Princess Dashkoff

Marie Kean

Princess Dashkoff

Kenneth Griffith as Naryshkin

Kenneth Griffith

Naryshkin

Angela Scoular as Claire

Angela Scoular

Claire

Kate O'Mara as Varinka

Kate O'Mara

Varinka

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Gerald Lawson

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Lea Seidl

Grand Duchess

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