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  • Great Catherine (1968)
  • G
    99 min | Comedy
Great Catherine (1968)
G
99 min | Comedy

Slapstick comedy based on the play by George Bernard Shaw. A stiff English officer, captain Charles Edstaston (Peter O'Toole), and his fiancée Claire arrive in St. Petersburg. Edstaston is brought to the imperial court to seek audience ...See moreSlapstick comedy based on the play by George Bernard Shaw. A stiff English officer, captain Charles Edstaston (Peter O'Toole), and his fiancée Claire arrive in St. Petersburg. Edstaston is brought to the imperial court to seek audience with the empress Catherine (Jeanne Moreau). He obtains an interview with her courtier, the drunken Potemkin (Zero Mostel), who ends up carrying him in his arms to the empress and dumping him into her royal bed. From this moment on, the hapless Edstaston endeavours to escape from the clutches of the sex-crazed empress and leave the city with his English fiancée. Written by cocoken See less
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George Bernard Shaw (play "Great Catherine Whom Glory Still Adores") | Hugh Leonard
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Jan 12, 1969 (United States)

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31 cast members
Name Known for
Peter O'Toole
Capt. Charles Edstaston Capt. Charles Edstaston   See fewer
Zero Mostel
Potemkin Potemkin   See fewer
Jeanne Moreau
Catherine Catherine   See fewer
Jack Hawkins
The British Ambassador The British Ambassador   See fewer
Akim Tamiroff
Sergeant Sergeant   See fewer
Marie Lohr
Dowager Lady Gorse Dowager Lady Gorse   See fewer
Marie Kean
Princess Dashkoff Princess Dashkoff   See fewer
Kenneth Griffith
Naryshkin Naryshkin   See fewer
Kate O'Mara
Varinka Varinka   See fewer
Lea Seidl
Grand Duchess Grand Duchess   See fewer
Oliver MacGreevy
General Pskov General Pskov   See fewer
Norma Foster
Mongol Mongol   See fewer
James Mellor
Colonel Pugachov Colonel Pugachov   See fewer
Claire Gordon
Elizabeth Vokonska Elizabeth Vokonska   See fewer
Declan Mulholland
Count Tokhtamysh Count Tokhtamysh   See fewer
Janet Kelly
Anna Schuvalova Anna Schuvalova   See fewer
Henry Woolf
Egrebyomka Egrebyomka   See fewer
Alfred Ravel
Glazier Glazier   See fewer
Gordon Rollings
Glazier Glazier   See fewer
Darryl Read
Young Peter Young Peter   See fewer
Sean Barrett
Andrei Strelkin (uncredited) Andrei Strelkin (uncredited)   See fewer
Yuri Borienko
Henchman (uncredited) Henchman (uncredited)   See fewer
Tom Clegg
Mongol (uncredited) Mongol (uncredited)   See fewer
Sarah Hardenberg
Lady of the court (uncredited) Lady of the court (uncredited)   See fewer
Alf Joint
Russian General (uncredited) Russian General (uncredited)   See fewer
Reuben Martin
Henchman (uncredited) Henchman (uncredited)   See fewer
Dinny Powell
Mongol (uncredited) Mongol (uncredited)   See fewer
Milton Reid
Henchman (uncredited) Henchman (uncredited)   See fewer
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