Catherine the Great | |
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DVD cover, featuring Catherine Zeta-Jones
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Directed by |
Marvin J. Chomsky John Goldsmith |
Produced by | Marvin J. Chomsky |
Written by |
John Goldsmith Frank Tudisco |
Starring | Catherine Zeta-Jones |
Music by | Laurence Rosenthal |
Cinematography | Elemér Ragályi |
Edited by | Petra von Oelffen |
Release date
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Running time
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100 minutes |
Country | Germany United States Austria |
Language | English |
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.
A young German Princess (Catherine Zeta-Jones) gets married to the immature future Czar (Paul McGann), and she gradually becomes a skillful politician, and rises to become Catherine the Great.
The film was released on Region 1 DVD on February 27, 2001 by A&E Home Video.