Catherine (TV series)
| Catherine Екатерина | |
|---|---|
| Genre |
History Serial drama |
| Created by |
Aleksander Baranov Ramil Sabitov |
| Starring |
Marina Aleksandrova Julia Aug Aleksander Lazare Jr. Aleksander Yatsenko Vladimir Menshov |
| Composer(s) | Nikolai Rostov |
| Country of origin | Russia |
| Original language(s) | Russian |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 11 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Natalia Schneiderova Anton Zlatopolskiy Aleksander Akopov Catherine Epanova |
| Location(s) |
Moscow Saint Petersburg (Russia) Prague (Czech Republic) |
| Editor(s) | Arif Aliev |
| Running time | 45–60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Amedia |
| Release | |
| Original network | Russia-1 |
| Picture format | 1080i (16:9 HDTV) |
| Audio format | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Original release | November 24 – November 27, 2014 |
| External links | |
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Catherine is a 2014 Russia-1 television mini-series starring Marina Aleksandrova as Russian empress Catherine the Great. It tells the story of princess Sophie Friederike Auguste who later came to power and become Empress of Russia following a coup d'état and the assassination of her husband, Peter III. Russia was revitalized under her reign, growing larger and stronger than ever and becoming recognized as one of the great powers of Europe.
It was premiered on November 24, 2014 on Channel Russia-1[1]
During the broadcast, the series held the top spot TV Rating of films and TV series in Russia and became one of the most popular TV series in Russian Federation.[2]
Plot summary
In 1745 in Saint Petersburg, Empress Elizabeth is childless, and she appoints her nephew Peter Fedorovich as the heir to Russian throne. But what it means to leave the country in his hands? As he was born in Prussia and could hardly speak Russian.
Elizabeth decides to marry him with a princess, and when he would have a son she planned to take the boy to educate him to become the future emperor. Elizabeth chooses a wife for her nephew, German Princess Sophie Friederike Auguste von Anhalt-Zerbst-Dornburg. Sophia Frederike is sent to a distant and foreign land hoping to find happiness, but faced with the intrigues and plots of the Russian Imperial yard, the indifference of the spouse and the diabolical plans of the Empress. The girl took the name Catherine Alexeevna (Yekaterina) and takes everything into her own hands to save herself and her children from the deadly danger, as the emperor Peter III desires to send her from the palace.
Soon, in July 1762, barely six months after becoming emperor, Peter commits the political error of retiring with his Holstein-born courtiers and relatives to Oranienbaum, leaving his wife in Saint Petersburg. On July 8 and 9, the Leib Guard revolted, deposed Peter from power, and proclaimed Catherine the new monarch. The bloodless coup d'état succeeds and Catherine becomes the new empress, and thus the Catherinian Era and the Golden Age of the Russian Empire has begun.
Cast
- Marina Aleksandrova as Catherine the Great
- Julia Aug as Empress Yelizabeta Petrovna
- Aleksander Yatsenko as Pyotr III Fyodorovich
- Vladimir Menshov as Count Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin
- Rinal Mukhametov as Count Sergei Saltykov
- Sergei Sterlnikov as Grigory Orlov
- Konstantin Lavronenko as Jean Armand de Lestocq
- Aleksander Lazarenko Jr. as Alexey Razumovsky
- Isabelle Schosing as Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp
- Alexey Vorobyov as Stanisław August Poniatowski
- Nikolay Kozak as Alexander Shuvalov
- Ivan Dobronravov as Pimen
- Patrick Rollin as Marquis de La Chétardie
- Vitaly Kravchenko as General Apraksin
- Hartmut Krug as Frederick II
- Pavel Vorozhsov as Mikhail Lomonosov
- Polina Lazareva as Princess Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova
See also
- Catherine The Great, Channel One Russia's version
References
- ↑ Catherine on Russia-1 official website
- ↑ "Екатерины": сериал лидирует среди телепроектов недели (Russian report)