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Catherine the Great

TV-PG 1996 2h 58m Biography List
Reviews 46% Audience Score 250+ Ratings
Based on the life of the obscure German princess who became the scandalous and extravagant empress of Russia. Read More Read Less

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Audience Member A TV-film, that's why. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review william s Wishes to be a sweeping epic and falls short of that but Jones does a fine job in the title role. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Interesting are the ways in which the royalty sleep and manipulate their lower ranks for the throne... Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member really wish this movie could be remake w/ maybe a little different approach to the main character, nevertheless Catherine was sooo beautiful here :) Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Despite the myriad advances in film-making between this over-dressed/poorly-contrived biopic and that of the darkly-filmed/overly theatrical "Scarlet Empress" made sixty years before, both are mostly horse-drawn vehicles for their respective stars, and neither leaves the viewer greatly convinced that he has seen the REAL Catherine the Great. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member "My dear, I am about to seize the throne of Russia. What on earth shall I wear?" says Catherine Zeta-Jones as the regal title character. This well-made and consistently entertaining, if not always riveting, television miniseries is elevated by an abundance of fine supporting performances. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Based on the life of the obscure German princess who became the scandalous and extravagant empress of Russia.
Director
Marvin J. Chomsky
Producer
Marvin J. Chomsky, Wolf Bauer, Konstantin Thoeren, Kurt J. Mrkwicka, Fred Sidewater
Screenwriter
John Goldsmith, Frank Tudisco
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Biography
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Feb 27, 2001
Runtime
2h 58m