Catherine the Great (1996)

Actors

• Brian Blessed (actor)
• Jaromír Borek (actor)
• Vernon Dobtcheff (actor)
• Mel Ferrer (actor)
• Horst Frank (actor)
• Fritz Hammel (actor)
• Hannes Jaenicke (actor)
• Karl Johnson (actor)
• Paul Kreschka (actor)
• Holger Kriechel (actor)
• Mark McGann (actor)
• Paul McGann (actor)
• Stephen McGann (actor)
• Tim McInnerny (actor)
• Walter Anichhofer (actor)

Genres

• Biography
• Drama
• History
• Romance

Quotes:

Catherine: [voiceover] I'm told that in France they call me "Catherine le Grand." *Le* Grand... the masculine gender. "Catherine the Great."

Catherine: I was just thinking of a line from our favorite poet.::Potemkin: How like you. Which one?::Catherine: Nunc scio quid sit amor.::Potemkin: [smiles and translates] Now I know what love is.

[to Saltykov, regarding Catherine]::Elizabeth: I didn't bring her here to read books. I brought her here to breed sons.

[first lines]::Catherine: The 21st of August 1745... my wedding day. I was fifteen. The Grand Duke Peter was two years older, and we were both pawns in a political game.

Razumovsky: [refering to his position as lover to Empress Elizabeth] The Emperor of the Night takes many positions, but none of them political.

Catherine: [to Countess Bruce] My dear, I am about to seize the throne of Russia. What on earth shall I wear?

[to Potemkin]::Catherine: [in Latin, quoting Vergil] Blessings on your courage, boy; that's the way to the stars.

[on building an empire]::Pugachev: To build a house, you must first level the ground!::Catherine: Oh no. You lay foundations.

[Catherine refuses to come to a state dinner]::Peter: This is an insult to an honored guest!::Catherine: Oh, you honor him, do you?::Peter: Yes, I do!::Catherine: Then why have you sent him to dinner on the arm of your whore?

Elizabeth: But now tell me, when I'm dead, will you seek to take power?::Catherine: Yes.

Das Flötenkonzert von Sans-souci (1930)

Actors

• Alfred Beierle (actor)
• Paul Biensfeldt (actor)
• Hans Brausewetter (actor)
• Ernst Dernburg (actor)
• Karl Elzer (actor)
• Otto Gebühr (actor)
• Carl Goetz (actor)
• Heinrich Gretler (actor)
• Ferdinand Hart (actor)
• Martin Herzberg (actor)
• Attila Hörbiger (actor)
• Walter Janssen (actor)
• Georg John (actor)
• Edwin Jürgensen (actor)
• Raoul Aslan (actor)

Genres

• Drama
• History