Catherine the Great (1920 film)

Catherine the Great
Directed by	Reinhold Schünzel
Produced by	Arzén von Cserépy
Written by	Hans Behrendt Bobby E. Lüthge Reinhold Schünzel
Starring	Lucie Höflich Fritz Kortner Fritz Delius
Cinematography	Karl Freund
Production company	Cserépy-Film
Release dates	22 October 1920
Country	Germany
Language	Silent German intertitles

Catherine the Great (German: Katharina die Große) is a 1920 German silent historical film directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Lucie Höflich, Fritz Kortner and Fritz Delius. The film was an epic portrayal of the life of Catherine the Great of Russia. 4,000 extras and 500 horses were used.^[1]

Cast

• Lucie Höflich - Katharina die Große
• Fritz Kortner - Potemkin
• Fritz Delius - Gregori Orlow
• Reinhold Schünzel - Tsar Peter
• Paul Hartmann - Alexander Manonow
• Gustav Botz - Alexei Bestuschew
• Gertrud de Lalsky - Elisabeth
• Mechthildis Thein - Fürstin Woronzow
• Leonhard Haskel - Bressan
• Karl Platen - Feldmarschall Schwerin
• Hugo Flink - Saltykow
• Ilka Grüning
• Albert Steinrück
• Fritz Junkermann
• Hans Behrendt
• Agna Bergen
• Lo Bergner
• Else Brandus
• Hanne Brinkmann
• Alexander Ekert
• Käthe Ellerbock
• Reinhold François
• Lotte Gühne
• Ellinor Hansen
• Loo Hardy
• Nella Retslag
• Suse Stollberg
• Hedwig Strasser
• Ferdinand von Alten
• Cara von Joe
• Ilse Wilke

References

1. Kreimeier p.93

Bibliography

• Kreimeier, Klaus. The UFA Story: A Story of Germany's Greatest Film Company 1918-1945. University of California Press, 1999.

External links

• Catherine the Great at the Internet Movie Database