Great Catherine 55 years old
By day she was Catherine the Queen. By night she was Catherine the Great.
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 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.
Credits
Great Catherine Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Akim Tamiroff He was 69, 72 years old when he died | as Sergeant |
| Jeanne Moreau She was 40, 89 years old when she died | as Catherine |
| Peter O'Toole He was 36, 81 years old when he died | as Capt. Charles Edstaston |
| Zero Mostel He was 53, 62 years old when he died | as Potemkin |
| Kate O'Mara She was 29, 74 years old when she died | as Varinka |
| Angela Scoular She was 23, 65 years old when she died | as Claire |
| Lea Seidl She was 73, 91 years old when she died | as Grand Duchess |
| Jack Hawkins He was 58, 62 years old when he died | as The British Ambassador |
| Marie Lohr She was 78, 84 years old when she died | as Dowager Lady Gorse |
| Claire Gordon She was 27, 74 years old when she died | as Elizabeth Vokonska |
| Marie Kean She was 50, 75 years old when she died | as Princess Dashkoff |
| Oliver MacGreevy He was 40, now 96 years old | as General Pskov |
| Gerald Lawson | |
| Kenneth Griffith He was 47, 84 years old when he died | as Naryshkin |
Great Catherine Crew
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Maude Spector as Casting. She was 52 (79) years old when She died | Production |
| William Hutchinson as Art Direction. He was 99 (49) years old when He died | Art |
| Anne V. Coates as Editor. She was 42 (92) years old when She died | Editing |
| Oswald Morris as Director of Photography. He was 53 (98) years old when He died | Camera |
| Gordon Flemyng as Director. He was 34 (61) years old when He died | Directing |
| Hugh Leonard as Writer. He was 42 (82) years old when He died | Writing |
| Margaret Furse as Costume Design. She was 57 (63) years old when She died | Costume & Make-Up |
| John Bryan as Production Design. He was 57 (57) years old when He died | Art |
Great Catherine (55 years)
By day she was Catherine the Queen. By night she was Catherine the Great.
- Release day: Friday, November 29, 1968
- Runtime: 99 minutes