Great Catherine

1h 39min

Comedy

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.

Production Companies

Keep Films

Warner Bros.-Seven Arts

Cast

Peter O'Toole

Peter O'Toole

Capt. Charles Edstaston
Zero Mostel

Zero Mostel

Potemkin
Jeanne Moreau

Jeanne Moreau

Catherine
Jack Hawkins

Jack Hawkins

The British Ambassador
Marie Lohr

Marie Lohr

Dowager Lady Gorse
Marie Kean

Marie Kean

Princess Dashkoff
Lea Seidl

Lea Seidl

Grand Duchess
Oliver MacGreevy

Oliver MacGreevy

General Pskov
James Mellor

James Mellor

Colonel Pugachov
Claire Gordon

Claire Gordon

Elizabeth Vokonska
Declan Mulholland

Declan Mulholland

Count Tokhtamysh
Janet Kelly

Janet Kelly

Anna Schuvalova
Henry Woolf

Henry Woolf

Egrebyomka

Release date

29th Nov 1968

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English