Great Catherine

Plot Summary

When British Capt. Charles Edstaston arrives at the court of Catherine the Great in St. Petersburg, Russia, he is stunned by the palace's disorderly condition. The severely intoxicated Prince Potemkin concludes that the handsome Edstaston would be a suitable lover for Catherine, and he coerces the bewildered visitor into her bedchamber. Edstaston manages to escape, but he is repeatedly recaptured and delivered to the mischievous Catherine.

Top Cast

Peter O'Toole Capt. Charles Edstaston

Zero Mostel Potemkin

Jeanne Moreau Catherine

Jack Hawkins The British Ambassador

Akim Tamiroff Sergeant