Catherine the Great (1995 film)

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.