Overview
When British Capt. Charles Edstaston arrives at the court of Catherine the Great in St. Petersburg, Russia, he is stunned by the palace's disorderly condition. The severely intoxicated Prince Potemkin concludes that the handsome Edstaston would be a suitable lover for Catherine, and he coerces the bewildered visitor into her bedchamber. Edstaston manages to escape, but he is repeatedly recaptured and delivered to the mischievous Catherine.
Cast
- Peter O'Toole as Capt. Charles Edstaston
- Zero Mostel as Potemkin
- Jeanne Moreau as Catherine
- Jack Hawkins as The British Ambassador
- Akim Tamiroff as Sergeant
- Marie Lohr as Dowager Lady Gorse
- Marie Kean as Princess Dashkoff
- Kenneth Griffith as Naryshkin
- Angela Scoular as Claire
- Kate O'Mara as Varinka