Great Catherine (1968)

Directed by

Gordon Flemyng

Genre

comedy film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 39m

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A British envoy navigates the absurdities of the Russian imperial court under Empress Catherine the Great. The story follows his comedic and awkward encounters with the powerful and eccentric figures around her.

whimsicalcomedicsatiricalhistoricaltheatricalplayfullight-hearted

What happens

Great Catherine is a 1968 British comedy film directed by Gordon Flemyng and starring Peter O'Toole, Zero Mostel, Jeanne Moreau and Jack Hawkins. It was written by Hugh Leonard based on the 1913 one act play Great Catherine: Whom Glory Still Adores by George Bernard Shaw, loosely based on the story of Sir Charles Hanbury Williams and his time spent as an envoy at the Russian court. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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