Movies about Catherine the Great: List of the best

More than one decade of Russian viewers are interested in films about Catherine the Great. The list of films about this amazing woman you will find in our article. Catherine literally broke into world politics, having changed the map of the world. She managed to attach territories to the Russian Empire, which other rulers did not even dream of!

For more than one century, world directors have interpreted the Empress's way of life in their own way. Consider a list of feature films about Catherine the Great.

"Catherine"

Domestic television series, the shooting of which began in 2014. Marina Alexandrova plays the role of the Russian Empress. By 2017, two seasons were filmed.

The first of them tells that the Empress Elizaveta Petrovna has no children, which means that the hard question is: "Who will be the heir of the Russian Empire?"

Elizaveta Petrovna thought it over. She married her nephew on the Prussian princess Sophia Frederick. The young lady leaves Prussia. In a new place, she dreams of finding female happiness, but on her way meets cruel intrigues, as well as chilling conspiracy.

The spouse to the young woman is indifferent, and the named mother-in-law has conceived to take away their son and independently to grow up the future emperor of Russian empire.

Time passes. Sofia Frederika changes her faith and becomes Catherine Alekseevna. It takes more and more managerial affairs into its own hands. Saving her children from mortal danger, in 1762, Ekaterina Alexeevna occupies the throne of the Russian Empire!

The second season of the television movie "Catherine" is filled with amazing events both in the life of the empress and the Russian state.

And we continue to consider the feature films about Catherine the Great, whose list you will read later.

The Great

Another Russian television series, which was shot in 2014. The role of Catherine the Great is performed by Julia Snigir. The plot is similar to the television series, the description of which you read above.

The main feature of this series is the emphasis on the patriotic and pro-Russian monologues of the empress. Director Igor Zaitsev stressed that Catherine was born more a sovereign than a wife or mother.

"Vivat, Midshipmen"

What else can you call the films about Catherine the Great? The list of the most reliable is supplemented by the tape "Vivat, Mardemariny" of 1991, directed by Svetlana Druzhinina. As practice shows, the film does not enjoy great fame. However, it is included in the list of the most reliable paintings that tell about the life of the future Empress. But even here the filmmakers introduced fictional characters.

The dissolute empress

We continue the review of feature films about Catherine the Great. The list of tapes about the Russian imperial dynasty was supplemented with the picture "Rasputnaya Empress", which belongs to the director Joseph von Sternberg. In terms of scenery and costumes, the film is considered stunning.

In general, the plot of the tape is simple. This opus of cinematography about Catherine the Great is considered the most successful, shot in the United States.

Movies about Catherine the Great: List

We present to your attention the list of tapes, where the personality of Catherine is presented both on the first and the second plan:

• "The Royal Scandal" (1945).
• "Admiral Ushakov" (1953).
• "Mikhailo Lomonosov" (1986).
• "The Tsar's Hunt" (1990).
• "Musketeers of Catherine" (2007).
• "Pen and Sword" (2007).
• "The Empress and the Robber" (2009).
• "The Romanovs" (Film №5 2013).

Dear reader, we have not submitted a complete list of feature films about Empress Catherine the Great. More recently, fans Angelina Jolie found out that the actress bought the rights to shoot an unknown novel about the life of the Prussian princess. It is worth noting that the director's work Jolie leave much to be desired. Let's hope that the Hollywood film star will give up the director's chair to a more talented person.