Germany / Nov 29, 1968
By day she was Catherine the Queen. By night she was Catherine the Great.
1h 39min
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Kenneth Griffith | Naryshkin |
| Angela Scoular | Claire |
| Kate O'Mara | Varinka |
| Gerald Lawson | |
| Lea Seidl | Grand Duchess |
| Oliver MacGreevy | General Pskov |
| Norma Foster | Mongol |
| James Mellor | Colonel Pugachov |
| Claire Gordon | Elizabeth Vokonska |
| Declan Mulholland | Count Tokhtamysh |
| Janet Kelly | Anna Schuvalova |
| Henry Woolf | Egrebyomka |
| Catherine Lancaster | Sophia |
| Alfred Ravel | Glazier |
| Gordon Rollings | Glazier |
Genres
Comedy
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Great Catherine |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United Kingdom |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Keep Films, Warner Bros.-Seven Arts |
| Release date | 29 novembre 1968 |
| Production | Jules Buck |
| Writer | Hugh Leonard, George Bernard Shaw |
| Casting | Maude Spector |
| Editing | Anne V. Coates |
| Cinematography | Oswald Morris, Laurie Ridley |
| Assistant directors | Gordon Flemyng, Phyllis Crocker |
| Camera operators | Oswald Morris, Laurie Ridley |
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| Additional photography | Oswald Morris, Laurie Ridley |
| Production design | John Bryan, William Hutchinson, Pamela Cornell |
| Art direction | William Hutchinson, John Bryan, Pamela Cornell |
| Set decoration | William Hutchinson, John Bryan, Pamela Cornell |
| Music | Dimitri Tiomkin |
| Sound | Dimitri Tiomkin |
| Costume design | Margaret Furse, Bill Lodge, A.G. Scott |
| Makeup | Bill Lodge, A.G. Scott, Margaret Furse |
| Hairstyling | A.G. Scott, Bill Lodge, Margaret Furse |
Release dates
Theatrical release
United Kingdom / Dec 06, 1968
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