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A German princess is chosen to marry the heir to the Russian Throne, but faces plots and intrigues against her.A German princess is chosen to marry the heir to the Russian Throne, but faces plots and intrigues against her.A German princess is chosen to marry the heir to the Russian Throne, but faces plots and intrigues against her.
- Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
- 3 wins & 6 nominations total
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- TriviaAfter Ambassador Sir Charles Hanbury-Williams reported to the British government that he had befriended the Grand Duchess Catherine, he was urged to seduce her. Sir Charles refused, saying "A man my age would make a poor lover. Alas, my sceptre governs no more."
- GoofsGregory Orlov was not the father of Catherine's son Paul. In her memoirs, Catherine implied that Paul's real father was a court official named Sergei Saltykov. Her affair with Orlov did not begin until 1760, when Paul was six.
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Empress Elizabeth: I imagine nothing, I suspect everything. An Empress with no enemies is no Empress.
- Alternate versionsVersion shown on TCM 12/26/2019 was the 186 min long two-part mini-series version.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1991)
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in this story with lot of historical mistakes. There are two big miniseries in the 90 about Catherine The Great, the second one with Catherine Zeta Jones was much better. Zeta Jones character was cult but intringuing, while Ms. Ormond (even when she shines with her beauty and acting skills) is little more than a damsel in destress. However there is a thing that save this miniseries for the total melodrama. And that's it Vanessa Redgrave as Elisabeth Petrovna. She really rules, and she looks young, the Empress Elisabeth died in her early fifties, while she met Catherine in her last thirsties. And Redgrave look young, passionated and energic, the quite opposite of the pale version of Jeanne Moreau who was too old for the role in Zeta Jones miniseries.
- hugobolso-1
- Dec 20, 2006
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- Молодая Екатерина
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- Smolny Cathedral, St. Petersburg, Russia(pl. Rastrelli)
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