Great Catherine

Synopsis

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.

Peter O'Toole

Capt. Charles Edstaston

Zero Mostel

Potemkin

Jeanne Moreau

Catherine

Jack Hawkins

The British Ambassador

Akim Tamiroff

Sergeant

Marie Lohr

Dowager Lady Gorse

Marie Kean

Princess Dashkoff

Kenneth Griffith

Naryshkin

Angela Scoular

Claire

Kate O'Mara

Varinka

Gerald Lawson

Lea Seidl

Grand Duchess