Zsófia Friderika német hercegnő Oroszországba utazik, és feleségül megy a gyengeelméjű Péter nagyherceghez. A férjét hamarosan letaszítja a trónról, és Nagy Katalin néven ő lesz minden oroszok cárnője.
The woman who will become Catherine the Great marries into the Russian royal family when she weds Grand Duke Peter, the nephew of Empress Elizabeth. Although the couple has moments of contentment, Peter's cruel and erratic behavior causes a rift between him and Catherine. Mere months after Peter succeeds his aunt as the ruler of Russia, a revolt is brewing, and Catherine is poised to ascend to the throne as the country's new empress.
Catherine the Great falls in love with an army officer who is plotting against her.
A documentary about the history of Ukrainian Cossacks in the Kuban.
A fiatal és szép Katalint hozzáadják az orosz cári trón várományosához. A naiv és bátortalan ifjú hölgy nincs tisztában az udvari játszmákkal, de idővel remekül megtanul eligazodni az intrikák és a hízelgések között. Nagy ambíciókat fontolgat és meg is teszi a kellő lépéseket elképzelései megvalósításához, így méltán illeti az utókor a Nagy jelzővel.
Film based on the Lajos Biró play, directed by Ernst Lubitsch.
When British Capt. Charles Edstaston arrives at the court of Catherine the Great in St. Petersburg, Russia, he is stunned by the palace's disorderly condition. The severely intoxicated Prince Potemkin concludes that the handsome Edstaston would be a suitable lover for Catherine, and he coerces the bewildered visitor into her bedchamber. Edstaston manages to escape, but he is repeatedly recaptured and delivered to the mischievous Catherine.
Yekaterinburg, Russia, July 17th, 1917. Czar Nicholas II Romanov and his entire family are brutally murdered by the Bolsheviks. This tragic event puts an end to the long dynasty that had ruled the country with an iron hand since the coronation of Michael I Romanov in 1613.
Giacomo Casanova returns to Venice, to help his brother, falsely accused of robbery.
Historical period melodrama.