Catherine the Great (1995 film)

Catherine the Great
DVD cover, featuring Catherine Zeta-Jones
Genre	Biography Drama History
Written by	John Goldsmith Frank Tudisco
Directed by	Marvin J. Chomsky John Goldsmith
Starring	Catherine Zeta-Jones
Music by	Laurence Rosenthal
Country of origin	Germany United States Austria
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Konstantin Thoeren Fred Sidewater Wolf Bauer
Producer	Marvin J. Chomsky
Cinematography	Elemér Ragályi
Editor	Petra von Oelffen
Running time	100 minutes
Original release
Release	1995 (1995)

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.

External links

• Catherine the Great at IMDb

References

• Nesselson, Lisa (February 27, 1995). "Review: 'Catherine the Great'". Variety. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2025.