Trapped in a loveless arranged marriage to the immature future Czar, a young German Princess proves a skillful political infighter and rises to become Catherine the Great.
Catherine Zeta-Jones
as Catherine
Paul McGann
as Potemkin
Ian Richardson
as Vorontzov
Brian Blessed
as Bestuzhev
Christoph Waltz
as Mirovich
Hannes Jaenicke
as Peter
John Rhys-Davies
as Pugachev
Agnès Soral
as Gräfin Bruce
Veronica Ferres
as Vorontzova
Mel Ferrer
as Patriarch
Jeanne Moreau
as Elizabeth
Omar Sharif
as Razumovsky
