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''Catherine the Great'' is a four-part miniseries that aired in Creator/{{HBO}} in 2019. It dramatizes the reign of Catherine II, Empress of Russia, focusing particularly on her relationships with her lover Grigori Potemkin and her son, the future Paul I. The series stars Creator/HelenMirren as Catherine, Creator/JasonClarke as Potemkin and Creator/JosephQuinn as her son Paul.
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''Catherine the Great'' is a four-part miniseries that aired in Creator/{{HBO}} in 2019. It dramatizes the reign of [[UsefulNotes/CatherineTheGreat Catherine II, Empress of Russia, Russia]], focusing particularly on her relationships with her lover Grigori Potemkin and her son, the future Paul I. The series stars Creator/HelenMirren as Catherine, Creator/JasonClarke as Potemkin and Creator/JosephQuinn as her son Paul.
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** In the series, it is implied that Catherine died in 1793, shortly after the beheading of King Louis XVI during the UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution. The real Catherine the Great died in 1796, a good three years after the French king met his fate.
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''Catherine the Great'' is a four-part miniseries that aired in Creator/{{HBO}} in 2019. It dramatizes the reign of Catherine II, Empress of Russia, focusing particularly on her relationships with her lover Grigori Potemkin and her son, the future Paul I. The series stars Creator/HelenMirren as Catherine, Creator/JasonClarke as Potemkin and Joseph Quinn and Paul.
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''Catherine the Great'' is a four-part miniseries that aired in Creator/{{HBO}} in 2019. It dramatizes the reign of Catherine II, Empress of Russia, focusing particularly on her relationships with her lover Grigori Potemkin and her son, the future Paul I. The series stars Creator/HelenMirren as Catherine, Creator/JasonClarke as Potemkin and Joseph Quinn Creator/JosephQuinn as her son Paul.
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contrast ''Series/TheGreat'', a 2020 show about Catherine, but one that takes many more liberties with history.
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** Catherine brags about having learned Russian and looks down on those noblewomen who have not, but there is no mention of the fact that Catherine made French the official language at court. It's implied that everyone speaking English is speaking Russian trough TranslationConvention.
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* TheQueensLatin: Most Russian characters speak with a British accent rather than a Russian (or French) one.
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* TranslationConvention: Russian and/or French are translated into English in both speech and text. It's not clear which is being spoken, because the real Russian court spoke French, but this is never mentioned.mentioned.
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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: While playing billiards with their rival Potemkin, the Orlov brothers suddenly start attacking him. While Potemkin fights back, they ultimately pummel him into unconsciousness and partially blind him.
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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: While playing billiards with their rival Potemkin, the Orlov brothers suddenly start attacking him. While Potemkin fights back, but they ultimately pummel him into unconsciousness and partially blind him.
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*** Catherine attempts to pass over Paul in her succession, and Paul destroys the document. All that is known is that Paul feared such a document might exist and sought to destroy if it did.
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*** Catherine attempts to pass over Paul in has a document drawn up making Alexander her succession, successor, and Paul destroys the document. it. All that is known is that Paul feared such a document might exist and sought planned to destroy it if it did.
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* TranslationConvention: Russian is translated into English in both speech and text. Characters who learned Russian later in life, such as Catherine herself, do not speak any differently.
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* TranslationConvention: Russian is and/or French are translated into English in both speech and text. Characters who learned It's not clear which is being spoken, because the real Russian later in life, such as Catherine herself, do not speak any differently.court spoke French, but this is never mentioned.
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''Catherine the Great'' is a 2019 four-part miniseries that aired in Creator/{{HBO}}. Creator/{{HBO}} in 2019. It dramatizes the reign of Catherine the Great, II, Empress of Russia, focusing particularly on her relationship relationships with her lover Grigori Potemkin and her son, the future Paul I. The series stars Creator/HelenMirren as Catherine, Creator/JasonClarke as Potemkin and Joseph Quinn and Paul.
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''Catherine the Great'' is a 2019 miniseries that aired in Creator/{{HBO}}. It dramatizes the reign of Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, focusing particularly on her relationship with her lover Grigori Potemkin and her son, the future Paul I. The series stars Creator/HelenMirren as Catherine, Creator/JasonClarke as Potemkin and Joseph Quinn and Paul.
!!Tropes:
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The film takes many liberties with history:
** Some ambiguities in history are made explicit fact in the series:
*** Natalia Alexeievna's is shown to have affair with Andrey Razumovsky, and her child is fathered by him. In reality, it's only known that they had mutual interest in other.
*** Catherine attempts to pass over Paul in her succession, and Paul destroys the document. All that is known is that Paul feared such a document might exist and sought to destroy if it did.
*** The epilogue states that Paul's assassination was ordered by Alexander. Historians debate whether Alexander was even involved.
*** Catherine and Potemkin are shown to have secretly married, while this is only suspected by some historians.
*** Potemkin is partially blinded in a brawl with the Orlov brothers, while the real circumstances are unknown.
** The series portrays Potemkin as leading the siege on Izmail, when in reality it was General Suvorov.
** Alexander is shown to still be a young boy at the death of Catherine, but he was actually 19.
** The epilogue states that Paul ruled for 5 years, but he only ruled for 4 years, 4 months and 4 days.
* BrainlessBeauty: Catherine's favorite when she meets Potemkin is a young, handsome and trivial man. When Catherine asks him to "say something intelligent," he just stammers, causing her to break up with him.
* CentralTheme: The intertwining of power and love.
* EyepatchOfPower: Potemkin, a celebrated general, wears an eye patch for several years over his blind eye, but ultimately stops wearing it.
* TheFool: Catherine's court fool appears throughout the series, making pointed commentary and sometimes stirring up trouble. No one finds him funny.
* HistoricalBeautyUpdate: In real life, Catherine and Maria Feodorovna became quite stout in their later years, while they remain perfectly slender and attractive throughout the series.
* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: The epilogue states that Paul reversed most of Catherine's "accomplishments," but modern eyes wouldn't consider many of the policies that Paul reversed to be "accomplishments." For example, he reestablished centralized administrative agencies, increased bureaucratic control in local government, and sought to impose limits on the authority of the nobles.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Catherine states that she fell in love with Potemkin upon first sight.
* MayDecemberRomance: Catherine has many affairs with younger men, but she's in advanced age when she takes her final lover, the youthful Zubov.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: While playing billiards with their rival Potemkin, the Orlov brothers suddenly start attacking him. While Potemkin fights back, they ultimately pummel him into unconsciousness and partially blind him.
* TheQueensLatin: Most Russian characters speak with a British accent rather than a Russian one.
* TranslationConvention: Russian is translated into English in both speech and text. Characters who learned Russian later in life, such as Catherine herself, do not speak any differently.
!!Tropes:
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The film takes many liberties with history:
** Some ambiguities in history are made explicit fact in the series:
*** Natalia Alexeievna's is shown to have affair with Andrey Razumovsky, and her child is fathered by him. In reality, it's only known that they had mutual interest in other.
*** Catherine attempts to pass over Paul in her succession, and Paul destroys the document. All that is known is that Paul feared such a document might exist and sought to destroy if it did.
*** The epilogue states that Paul's assassination was ordered by Alexander. Historians debate whether Alexander was even involved.
*** Catherine and Potemkin are shown to have secretly married, while this is only suspected by some historians.
*** Potemkin is partially blinded in a brawl with the Orlov brothers, while the real circumstances are unknown.
** The series portrays Potemkin as leading the siege on Izmail, when in reality it was General Suvorov.
** Alexander is shown to still be a young boy at the death of Catherine, but he was actually 19.
** The epilogue states that Paul ruled for 5 years, but he only ruled for 4 years, 4 months and 4 days.
* BrainlessBeauty: Catherine's favorite when she meets Potemkin is a young, handsome and trivial man. When Catherine asks him to "say something intelligent," he just stammers, causing her to break up with him.
* CentralTheme: The intertwining of power and love.
* EyepatchOfPower: Potemkin, a celebrated general, wears an eye patch for several years over his blind eye, but ultimately stops wearing it.
* TheFool: Catherine's court fool appears throughout the series, making pointed commentary and sometimes stirring up trouble. No one finds him funny.
* HistoricalBeautyUpdate: In real life, Catherine and Maria Feodorovna became quite stout in their later years, while they remain perfectly slender and attractive throughout the series.
* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: The epilogue states that Paul reversed most of Catherine's "accomplishments," but modern eyes wouldn't consider many of the policies that Paul reversed to be "accomplishments." For example, he reestablished centralized administrative agencies, increased bureaucratic control in local government, and sought to impose limits on the authority of the nobles.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Catherine states that she fell in love with Potemkin upon first sight.
* MayDecemberRomance: Catherine has many affairs with younger men, but she's in advanced age when she takes her final lover, the youthful Zubov.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: While playing billiards with their rival Potemkin, the Orlov brothers suddenly start attacking him. While Potemkin fights back, they ultimately pummel him into unconsciousness and partially blind him.
* TheQueensLatin: Most Russian characters speak with a British accent rather than a Russian one.
* TranslationConvention: Russian is translated into English in both speech and text. Characters who learned Russian later in life, such as Catherine herself, do not speak any differently.
