Young Catherine - Part I (TV Miniseries 1991)

Young Catherine is a 1991 British TV miniseries based on the early life of Catherine II of Russia. Directed by Michael Anderson, it stars Julia Ormond as Catherine and Vanessa Redgrave as Empress Elizabeth.

Part I: In the early 1740s, Elizabeth, Empress of Russia, is seeking a bride for her nephew and heir, Peter. She picks the beautiful Princess Sophie, a teenager from a tiny German-speaking state. It's a huge change of fortune for the naive young girl. After arriving in Russia, she is received into the Russian Orthodox Church under the new name Catherine. Though she feels like an outsider at first, she eventually becomes devoted to her new homeland, its culture and its people.

Part II: https://www.bitchute.com/video/DL5TcYUAg1d7/

Cast & Characters:
Vanessa Redgrave as Empress Elizabeth
Christopher Plummer as Sir Charles Williams
Julia Ormond as Grand Duchess Catherine
Franco Nero as Count Mikhail Vorontsov
Marthe Keller as Princess Johanna
Maximilian Schell as Frederick the Great
Mark Frankel as Count Grigory Orlov
Reece Dinsdale as Grand Duke Peter
Anna Kanakis as Countess Vorontsova
John Shrapnel as Archimandrite Todorsky
Hartmut Becker as Prince Christian August
Alexander Kerst as Prussian Ambassador
Laurie Holden as Princess Catherine Dashkova
Katharine Schlesinger as Elizabeth Vorontsova
Katya Galitzine as Maria Choglokov
Rory Edwards as Alexis Orlov