Title |
The Great. Season one. |
Published |
Australia : Distributed by Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia, [2021]. |
Physical description |
4 DVD-videos (520 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
General note |
Catalogued from container. |
Paramount Television: DPA2162. |
Originally broadcast in the United States on Hulu as an "anti-historical" television program in 2020. |
"An occasionally true story" -- Cover. |
Loosely based on the rise to power of Catherine the Great. |
Special features: Bold and the brash: Inside The Great ; Palatial panache: The style of The Great ; Gag reel. |
Contents note |
The Great -- A Fake Beard -- And you Sir, are no Peter the Great -- Moscow Mule -- War and Vomit -- Parachute -- A Pox on Hope -- Meatballs at the Dacha -- Love Hurts -- The Beaver's Nose. |
Credits note |
Created by Tony McNamara. |
Performer note |
Elle Fanning, Nicholas Hoult. |
Summary |
The Great is a satirical, comedic drama about the rise of Catherine the Great (Elle Fanning). From creator and Academy Award Nominated writer, Tony McNamara, comes a fictionalised, fun and anachronistic story of an idealistic, romantic young girl who honours an arranged marriage to the mercurial Russian Emperor Peter (Nicholas Hoult). Instead of love and sunshine, she finds a dangerous, depraved and backward world. Catherine becomes driven to change Russia and fulfill her destiny as the longest-reigning female ruler in Russia's history. All she has to do is kill her husband, beat the church, baffle the military and get the court on her side. |
Subject |
Catherine -- II,Empress of Russia,1729-1796 -- Drama |
Peter -- III,Emperor of Russia,1728-1762 -- Drama |
Kings and rulers -- Drama |
Man-woman relationships -- Drama |
Feature films -- Great Britain |
Motion pictures, British |
Alternative histories (Television programs) |
Satirical television programs |
Television comedies |
Fiction television programs |
Television series |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities |
Russia -- History -- Catherine II, 1762-1796 -- Drama |
Russia -- Kings and rulers -- Drama |
Additional author |
McNamara, Tony, (Director) creator. |
Fanning, Elle, 1998- actor. |
Hoult, Nicholas, 1989- actor. |
Added title |
The Great (Television program) |