- Young Catherine
Infobox Film
name = Young Catherine
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caption =VHS cover, featuringVanessa Redgrave andJulia Ormond
director = Michael Anderson
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writer = Chris Bryant
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starring =Vanessa Redgrave
Julia Ormond
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cinematography =Ernest Day
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released = flagicon|USA17 February ,1991
runtime = 150 minutes;
180 minutes (TNT)
country = USA
language = English
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imdb_id = 0103311"Young Catherine" is a 1991 American TV
miniseries based on the early life ofCatherine II of Russia . It starsJulia Ormond as Catherine andVanessa Redgrave as Empress Elizabeth.The miniseries is known as "Intrigues impériales" in
France and "Die Junge Katharina" inGermany .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. [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103311/ "Young Catherine" ~ IMDb.com] ]
Cast
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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 Dashkova
*Katharine Schlesinger ...Elizabeth Vorontsova
*Katya Galitzine ... Maria Choglokov
*Rory Edwards ... Alexis OrlovVersions
Both a 150-minute version and a 180-minute
Turner Network Television version were released onVHS onMay 29 1991 , and both are currently out of print. A 187-minuteRussian language version was at one time available onDVD .References
External links
*imdb title|id=0103311|title=Young Catherine
*Clips from "Young Catherine": [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsflnc3Lf-o&feature=related Clip 1] - [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkbUDkq1scg Clip 2]
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