Young Catherine

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Young Catherine
VHS cover, featuring Vanessa Redgrave and Julia Ormond
Directed by	Michael Anderson
Written by	Chris Bryant
Starring	Vanessa Redgrave Julia Ormond
Cinematography	Ernest Day
Release date(s)	17 February 1991
Running time	150 minutes; 180 minutes (TNT)
Country	United States
Language	English
IMDb profile

Young Catherine is a 1991 American TV miniseries based on the early life of Catherine II of Russia. It stars Julia Ormond as Catherine and Vanessa Redgrave as Empress Elizabeth.

The miniseries is known as Intrigues impériales in France and Die Junge Katharina in Germany.

Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Cast 3 Versions 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Plot summary

From the Internet Movie Database:

A German princess is chosen to marry the heir to the Russian Throne, but faces plots and intrigues against her.^[1]

[edit] Cast

• Vanessa Redgrave ... Empress Elizabeth
• Christopher Plummer ... Sir Charles Williams
• Julia Ormond ... Grand Duchess Catherine
• Franco Nero ... Count Mikhail Vorontsov
• Marthe Keller ... Princess Johanna
• Maximilian Schell ... Frederick the Great
• Mark Frankel ... Count Grigory Orlov
• Reece Dinsdale ... Grand Duke Peter
• Anna Kanakis ... Countess Vorontsova
• John Shrapnel ... Archimandrite Todorsky
• Hartmut Becker ... Prince Christian August
• Alexander Kerst ... Prussian Ambassador
• Laurie Holden ...Princess Catherine Deshkova
• Katharine Schlesinger ... Elizabeth Vorontsova
• Katya Galitzine ... Maria Choglokov
• Rory Edwards ... Alexis Orlov

[edit] Versions

Both a 150-minute version and a 180-minute Turner Network Television version were released on VHS on May 29, 1991, and both are currently out of print. A 187-minute Russian language version was at one time available on DVD.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Young Catherine at the Internet Movie Database
• Clips from Young Catherine: Clip 1 - Clip 2

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