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Catherine the Great (1995)

Catherine the Great poster
Directed by
Marvin J. Chomsky
Genre
drama film, biographical film
Country
Germany, Austria, United States
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 34 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young German princess marries into the Russian royal family and navigates court intrigue to become Empress Catherine the Great. The story follows her rise to power and her relationships with key figures in the imperial court.

historicaldramaticbiographicalstatelyemotionally chargedformalintimatepolitical

What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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