'CATHERINE THE GREAT'
IMPERIAL TRAILER IS HERE!
It will not air before this Autumn, but Sky has released the first trailer for their four part epic series CATHERINE THE GREAT in which Helen Mirren plays the 18th century Empress of Russia in her older years after she
has turned Russia, which was mostly looked down upon by the rest of Europe before her, into one of the greatest powers of Europe.
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| The series will air on Sky this Autumn and HBO and Now TV as well |
CATHERINE THE GREAT
Set against the politically tumultuous and sexually charged court of Russian empress Catherine the Great, who wielded supreme power throughout Russia for nearly half of the 18th century, the limited series follows Catherine towards
the end of her reign during her
passionate affair with Grigory Potemkin. Amid scandal, intrigue and
immense conflict, they develop a unique and devoted relationship,
overcoming their adversaries and together serving as the architects of
modern-day Russia.
Set against the politically tumultuous and sexually charged court of Russian empress Catherine the Great, who wielded supreme power throughout Russia for nearly half of the 18th century, the limited series follows Catherine towards
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| Helen Mirren's paternal grandfather was a colonel in Russia's Imperial Army |
MEET THE IMPERIAL SUBJECTS
Written by Elizabeth I's Nigel Williams, the four part mini series will see Helen Mirren playing the legendary Russian monarch while Jason Clarke
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| Jason Clarke as Potemkin and Helen Mirren as Empress Catherine the Great. Together they've turned 18th century Russia into the leading power of Europe. |
will play her long standing lover Russian General Grigory Potemkin. The series also stars Joseph Quinn
as her son Grand Prince Paul, Georgina
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| Real Catherine was not a s skinny woman as Helen Mirren |
Beedle as Princess Natalia, Antonia Clarke as Princess Sofia, Phil Dunster as Count Andrei Razumovsky, Adam el Hagar as Valerian Zubov, Paul Kaye as infamous rebel and impostor Emelyan Pugachev and Sam
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| The series was written by Nigel Williams |
Palladio
as Catherine's young lover Alexander Vasilchikov. Rory Kinnear is Panin, a skilful politician, advisor
and governor to Catherine’s son, Richard Roxburgh is Prince Grigory
Orlov, her most famous lover who helped her
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| The series will also air on HBO in Northern America |
come to power by
overthrowing her husband, Kevin McNally is his brother Alexei Orlov,
Bodyguard's Gina McKee is her confidant and lifelong friend Countess
Bruce, Clive Russell is The Fool!
As things look in today's world, Russia has a good chance of becoming great again. Putin must find himself an Ekaterina (Catherine) soon.
ReplyDeleteI love Mirren's gray and blue gown.
That is what most clairvoyant people predict - that Russia and China will take over the world in influence and economy.
DeleteStupid video won't play for my country. I'll have to go look it up on YouTube and see if I can get it from there.
ReplyDeleteOh, how lovely, for once you Americans get geoblocked :) I wanted to do a spotlight on Blood and Treasure upcoming epic adventure but the press CBS site is open only for Americans... they obviously don't care for a free promo they would've gotten from me.
DeleteRidiculous that anything gets blocked, especially when it does come to free publicity for them. That's just bad for business, I'd say!
DeleteIt is digusting, especially since, unlike British channels which usually give me a password to enter their galleries and choose what I need for my posts, Americans don't do that often.
DeleteA fascinating subject!
ReplyDeleteTotally!
DeleteHelen is looking good!
ReplyDeleteShe will be glad to hear it!
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