Great Catherine (1968)

Great Catherine (1968)

All the adventure a man can live, he lives. 1968-11-29 United Kingdom 99 Min. PG-13
5.8 8 votes
Comedy

Overview

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.

Cast

Peter O'Toole is Capt. Charles Edstaston
Capt. Charles Edstaston
Zero Mostel is Potemkin
Potemkin
Jeanne Moreau is Catherine
Catherine
Jack Hawkins is The British Ambassador
The British Ambassador
Akim Tamiroff is Sergeant
Sergeant
Marie Lohr is Dowager Lady Gorse
Dowager Lady Gorse
Marie Kean is Princess Dashkoff
Princess Dashkoff
Kenneth Griffith is Naryshkin
Naryshkin
Kate O'Mara is Varinka
Varinka
Lea Seidl is Grand Duchess
Grand Duchess
Oliver MacGreevy is General Pskov
General Pskov
Norma Foster is Mongol
Mongol
James Mellor is Colonel Pugachov
Colonel Pugachov
Claire Gordon is Elizabeth Vokonska
Elizabeth Vokonska
Declan Mulholland is Count Tokhtamysh
Count Tokhtamysh
Janet Kelly is Anna Schuvalova
Anna Schuvalova
Henry Woolf is Egrebyomka
Egrebyomka
Alfred Ravel is Glazier
Glazier
Gordon Rollings is Glazier
Glazier