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.

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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
Oliver MacGreevy He was 40, now 95 years old as General Pskov
Gerald Lawson
Kenneth Griffith He was 47, 84 years old when he died as Naryshkin
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

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
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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