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Catherine the Great Cover Image DVD DVD

Catherine the Great [videorecording] / HBO Miniseries presents ; in association with Sky ; a New Pictures/Origin Pictures production ; producer, Jules Hussey ; written by Nigel Williams ; directed by Philip Martin.

Summary:

Helen Mirren stars as Catherine the Great, as the brilliant monarch who ruled the Russian empire and transformed its place in the world in the eighteenth century. This limited series charts Catherine's tumultuous reign as the cunning and ambitious empress fights off threats to her crown, wages war with the Ottoman Empire and expands Russia's borders as far as the Black Sea and Crimea. It also chronicles the passionate love affair between Catherine and Russian military leader Grigory Potemkin.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (229 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
  • Publisher: United States : HBO Home Entertainment, [2020]
  • Distributor: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2020]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"This disc is expected to play back in DVD video "play only" devices and may not play in other DVD devices, including recorders and PC drives"--Container.
Title from container.
Formatted Contents Note:
Disc 1. Episode one -- Episode two.
Disc 2. Episode three -- Episode four.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Costume designer, Maja Meschede ; composer, Rupert Gregson-Williams ; editor, Stuart Gazzard (episode 1, 3), Selina Macarthur (episodes 2, 4) ; production, Tom Burton ; director of photography, Stuart Howell.
Participant or Performer Note:
Helen Mirren, Jason Clarke, Gina Mckee, Kevin Mcnally, Joseph Quinn, Clive Russell, Richard Roxburgh, Rory Kinnear.
Target Audience Note:
14A.
System Details Note:
DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
For private home use only.
Language Note:
Audio track in English, captions in English.
Subject: Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796 > Fiction.
Potemkin, Grigoriĭ Aleksandrovich, kni͡azʹ, 1739-1791 > Fiction.
Man-woman relationships > Fiction.
Russia > History > Catherine II, 1762-1796 > Fiction.
Genre: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Fiction television programs.
Television programs.
Historical television programs.
Biographical television programs.
Television mini-series.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Innisfil Public Library System.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Lakeshore Branch. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lakeshore Branch TV Cathe 31681010221950 DVD Available -


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