Catherine the Great
(2000)

Fiction

DVD

Call Numbers:
DVD/DRAMA/CATHERINE

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Movies DVD/DRAMA/CATHERINE Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York : A&E Television Networks : Marketed and distributed by New Video, [2000]
©2000
DESCRIPTION

1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in

ISBN/ISSN
0767032713 AAE-70154
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Special features: Cast filmographies, interactive menus, scene selection

Trapped in a loveless political marriage to the dissolute nephew of the ailing Russian Empress Elizabeth, young German princess Sophia Fredericka bides her time, chooses her lovers carefully and plots her path to the throne. Skillfully manipulating the Russian triumvirate of church, army and aristocracy, she adroitly rides the shifting currents of social change and unrest to become one of Russia's most unforgettable and beloved rulers, Catherine the Great

Originally released in 1995 as a TV movie

Executive producers, Wolf Bauer, Konstantin Thoeren, Fred Sidewater ; editor, Petra von Oelffen ; music by Laurence Rosenthal ; director of photography, Elemér Rágalyi ; screenplay by John Goldsmith ; produced by Konstantin Thoeren, Wolf Bauer, Marvin J. Chomsky ; directed by Marvin J. Chomsky

Starring Catherine Zeta-Jones, Paul McGann, Ian Richardson, Brian Blessed, John Rhys-Davies, Craig McLachlan, Hannes Jaenicke, Agnes Soral, Mark McGann, Karl Johnson, Stephen McGann, Veronica Ferres, Mel Ferrer, Jeanne Moreau, Omar Sharif

Filmed entirely on location in Vienna and at Studio Babelsberg, Germany

DVD format

DVD format ; Dolby digital stereo

This DVD features closed captioning

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