Catherines experiences as a young women before she became great

C a s t

Vanessa Redgrave as Empress Elizabeth
Julia Ormond as Catherine
Christopher Plummer as Sir Charles The British Ambassador
Franco Nero as Count Vorontsov
Marthe Keller as Johanna Catherine's Mother
Maximilian Schell as Frederick The Great
Mark Frankel as Count Gregory Orlov
Reece Dinsdale as Grand Duke Peter
Anna Kanakis as Countess Vorontsova
John Shrapnel as Archimandrite Todorsky
Hartmut Becker as Catherine's Father
Alexander Kerst as Prussian Ambassador
Laurie Holden as Princess Deshkova
Katharine Schlesinger as Elizabeth Vorontsova
Katya Galitzine as Maria Choglokov
Rory Edwards as Alexis Orlov

Production Credits

Director Michael Anderson
Screenwriter Chris Bryant