| Genre: | Biography Drama History |
| Director: | Marvin J. Chomsky John Goldsmith |
| Executive Producer: | Konstantin Thoeren Fred Sidewater Wolf Bauer |
| Producer: | Marvin J. Chomsky |
| Starring: | Catherine Zeta-Jones |
| Music: | Laurence Rosenthal |
| Cinematography: | Elemér Ragályi |
| Editor: | Petra von Oelffen |
| Runtime: | 100 minutes |
| Country: | Germany United States Austria |
| Language: | English |
Catherine the Great is a 1995 television movie based on the life of Catherine II of Russia. It stars Catherine Zeta-Jones as Catherine, Jeanne Moreau as Empress Elizabeth and Omar Sharif as Alexis Razumovsky.
A young German Princess (Catherine Zeta-Jones) marries the immature future Tsar Peter III (Hannes Jaenicke). She gradually becomes a skillful politician and rises to become Catherine the Great after she overthrows her husband to embrace her Russian future.
The film was released on Region 1 DVD on February 27, 2001 by A&E Home Video.