Comedy · United Kingdom · 1968 · 1h 39m

Great Catherine

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Director
Gordon Flemyng
Cast
Peter O'Toole as Capt. Charles Edstaston Zero Mostel as Potemkin Jeanne Moreau as Catherine Jack Hawkins as The British Ambassador Akim Tamiroff as Sergeant Marie Lohr as Dowager Lady Gorse
Crew
Oswald Morris — Director of Photography Anne V. Coates — Editor Dimitri Tiomkin — Original Music Composer Hugh Leonard — Writer Jules Buck — Producer John Bryan — Production Design
Tagline

By day she was Catherine the Queen. By night she was Catherine the Great.

Synopsis

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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Mood & Themes
queenst. petersburg, russiaslapstick comedyempressroyaltyaristocratnobilityenglishman abroadcatherine the greatczarina / tsarina / tzarina
Key Collaborators
Gordon Flemyng Director Oswald Morris Director of Photography Anne V. Coates Editor Dimitri Tiomkin Original Music Composer Hugh Leonard Writer Jules Buck Producer John Bryan Production Design Margaret Furse Costume Design
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