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- Though its sumptuous setting and design often outshines its storytelling, Catherine the Great remains a seductive, if scattershot, period drama thanks to the great Helen Mirren.
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The Great: Created by Tony McNamara. With Elle Fanning, Phoebe Fox, Gwilym Lee, Adam Godley. A royal woman living in rural Russia during the 18th century is forced to choose between her own personal happiness and the future of Russia, when she marries an Emperor.
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- 2020-05-15
- Biography, Comedy, Drama
- Elle Fanning, Phoebe Fox, Gwilym Lee
- How Did Catherine The Great Come to Power?
- What Did Catherine Accomplish? and What Did She Fail to Achieve?
- Is There Any Truth to The Myths Surrounding Catherine?
To put it bluntly, Catherine was a usurper. Aided by her lover Grigory Orlov and his powerful family, she staged a coup just six months after her husband took the throne. The bloodless shift in power was so easily accomplished that Frederick the Great of Prussia later observed, “[Peter] allowed himself to be dethroned like a child being sent to bed...
Contrary to Catherine’s dire prediction, Peter’s death, while casting a pall over her rule, did not completely overshadow her legacy. “Amazingly,” writes Montefiore, “the regicidal, uxoricidal German usurper recovered her reputation not just as Russian tsar and successful imperialist but also as an enlightened despot, the darling of the philosophes...
To the general public, Catherine is perhaps best known for conducting a string of salacious love affairs. But while the empress did have her fair share of lovers—12 to be exact—she was not the sexual deviant of popular lore. Writing in The Romanovs, Montefiore characterizes Catherine as “an obsessional serial monogamist who adored sharing card game...
- Meilan Solly
May 8, 2020 · Even more straightforward historical stories, like HBO’s 2019 mini-series “Catherine the Great,” have presented their period drama through a more contemporary lens. Starring Helen Mirren, the...
- Eleanor Stanford
The website's critics consensus reads, "Though its sumptuous setting and design often outshines its storytelling, Catherine the Great remains a seductive, if scattershot, period drama thanks to the great Helen Mirren".
The Great is a historical and satirical black comedy-drama about the rise of Catherine the Great from outsider to the longest-reigning female ruler in Russia's history. The series is highly fictionalized and portrays Catherine in her youth and marriage to Emperor Peter III of Russia, focusing on the plot to kill her depraved and dangerous husband.
Oct 8, 2019 · 8th October 2019. The first reviews are in for Helen Mirren’s new Catherine the Great series and it sounds, well, great! Set against the lavish backdrop of the politically ruthless 18th century Russian court, the epic four-part period drama is written by Nigel Williams ( Elizabeth I) and directed by Philip Martin ( The Crown ).
May 8, 2020 · Created by “The Favourite” co-writer Tony McNamara, “The Great” straddles the line between period drama and slapstick comedy with acrobatic ease. Catherine, Peter, and their various ...
