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
as Capt. Charles Edstaston
Zero Mostel
as Potemkin
Jeanne Moreau
as Catherine
Jack Hawkins
as The British Ambassador
Akim Tamiroff
as Sergeant
Marie Lohr
as Dowager Lady Gorse
Marie Kean
as Princess Dashkoff
Kenneth Griffith
as Naryshkin
Angela Scoular
as Claire
Kate O'Mara
as Varinka
Gerald Lawson
as
Lea Seidl
as Grand Duchess
