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Great Catherine (1968) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

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1968 · 99 mins · English
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Directed by
Gordon Flemyng
Starring
Jeanne Moreau, Jack Hawkins, Zero Mostel, Peter O'Toole, Marie Kean, Akim Tamiroff

By day she rules as Catherine the Queen, by night as Catherine the Great. British Capt. Charles Edstaston arrives at her St. Petersburg court, shocked by the palace’s disorder. A drunken Prince Potemkin forces the handsome officer into Catherine’s chambers; Edstaston briefly escapes but is recaptured and presented to the mischievous empress.

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