
Trapped in a loveless arranged marriage to the immature future Czar, a young German Princess proves a skillful political infighter and rises to become Catherine the Great.
Cast

Catherine Zeta-Jones
Catherine

Paul McGann
Potemkin

Ian Richardson
Vorontzov

Brian Blessed
Bestuzhev

Christoph Waltz
Mirovich

Hannes Jaenicke
Peter

John Rhys-Davies
Pugachev

Agnès Soral
Gräfin Bruce

Veronica Ferres
Vorontzova

Mel Ferrer
Patriarch

Jeanne Moreau
Elizabeth

Omar Sharif
Razumovsky

Horst Frank
Schwerin

Vernon Dobtcheff
Naryshkin
Crew
Marvin J. Chomsky
Director, Producer
John Goldsmith
Director, Writer
Frank Tudisco
Writer
Petra von Oelffen
Editor

Elemér Ragályi
Director of Photography
Fred Sidewater
Executive Producer
Konstantin Thoeren
Executive Producer, Producer
Wolf Bauer
Executive Producer, Producer
Carla Thoeren
Associate Producer
Kurt J. Mrkwicka
Co-Producer
Werner Achmann
Production Design, Art Direction
Sarah Horton
Production Design
Barbara Baum
Costume Design

Giannetto De Rossi
Makeup Supervisor
Laurence Rosenthal
Original Music Composer
Bernhard Henrich
Set Decoration
Udo Scharnowski
Art Direction
Peter Manhardt
Art Direction
Recommendations
view all
The Scarlet Empress

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

Nicholas and Alexandra

Munich – The Edge of War

Mayerling

Onegin

The Scandalous Lady W

That Hamilton Woman

The Young Victoria

The Devil's Double

The Duchess

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

The Other Boleyn Girl

Firebrand

Oranges and Sunshine

Victoria & Abdul

Oslo

The Scarlet and the Black

The Countess