Young Catherine is a 1991 American TV miniseries based on the early life of Catherine II of Russia. It stars Julia Ormond as Catherine and Vanessa Redgrave as Empress Elizabeth.
The miniseries is known as Intrigues impériales in France and Die Junge Katharina in Germany.
escribing a diorama he made as a gift for his fiancee] and Duke Peter: This man is a deserter, and this man is a general. He's going to order this sergeant to give the man 100 lashes! I expect he'll die!
press Elizabeth: I imagine nothing, I suspect everything. An Empress with no enemies is no Empress.
rand Duke Peter III is ill] ederick the Great: Say that prayers are being offered in every church in Prussia. ussian Ambassador: With respect, Sire, I don't see that would do much good. ederick the Great: If nothing else, it will show her how fast our sources of information are. You're doing good work, Ernst. ussian Ambassador: Thank you, sire. I will leave within the hour. ederick the Great: Don't drink too much vodka there. ussian Ambassador: I'll try.
atherine's betrothed, the Grand Duke, is ill] therine: Did you know, after two months, hardly anyone has spoken to me. It's as if I didn't exist! r Charles: Well, my dear, you hardly do. You are, I hesitate to say it, on the very brink of extinction. If the Grand Duke should die, you become the tiniest footnote to history. Everyone at Court knows that. But if he lives, however, you would certainly find yourself surrounded by thousands of new friends again, fawning all over you like puppies. therine: And you? r Charles: Ah, well. I am a foreigner, and an old man. I can afford the luxury of true friendship.
fter operating on a drunk Grand Duke Peter to correct his sexual dysfunction] exi Orlov: What do we tell him? ctor Lande: Tell him? I'd be astonished if he mentions it at all. Would you? Don't you young officers have some game where you measure your "weapon" on the table? If he asks, tell him that he cut it on a piece of broken glass. Then I suggest you tell him that he won the contest.
and Duke Peter: I said no mourning! therine: I am told that black becomes me. AND I mourn. I mourn for a woman who once loved Russia, and I mourn for the Russia she loved. and Duke Peter: To the royal family! therine: Pray, tell the Grand Duke Peter, that the royal family consists of he, myself, and the Grand Duke Paul, our son. That is all. and Duke Peter: You are an ignoramus. therine: Every court has its clown, don't you think?
