Academy Award-winner Helen Mirren takes on the role of the most powerful monarch in history in “Catherine the Great.” The miniseries follows the strong-minded, brilliant and famously promiscuous Catherine, whose passionate affair with her romantic and political soul mate, Grigory Potemkin, would bring them to shape Russia into the country we know today.
Catherine the Great
"Catherine the Great" is an epic historical romance starring Academy Award-winner Helen Mirren that delves into the politically tumultuous and sexually charged court of the most powerful female monarch in history. Catherine wielded supreme power throughout Russia for nearly half of the 18th century – strong-minded, independent, brilliantly intelligent and sexually liberated, she was the definition of the modern woman. The mini-series follows Catherine's passionate affair with her romantic and political soul mate, Grigory Potemkin. Unable to publicly marry and famously promiscuous, they develop a unique and devoted relationship, overcoming their adversaries, claiming the Crimea, and together shaping Russia into the country we know today.