Catherine The Great (2000) Rating: Starring: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Brian Blessed, Mel Ferrer, Hannes Jaenicke, Paul Mcgann, Craig Mclachlan, Jeanne Moreau, Ian Richardson, Omar Sharif Director: Marvin Chomsky Category: Drama Studio: A&E Subtitles: [None] Length: 100 mins     Through Treachery, Passion and Courage, She Built an Empire. Catherine Zeta Jones (Entrapment, The Mask of Zorro) portrays the provincial princess whose cunning, courage and seductive treachery transformed her into one of history's most extraordinary monarchs. Co-starring Oscar nominee Omar Sharif (Doctor Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia), Mel Ferrer and Jeanne Moreau, Catherine The Great is a sweeping, larger-than-life epic of courtly intrigues, murderous ambition and one woman's remarkable rise to absolute power in 18th century Tsarist Russia. Trapped in a loveless political marriage to the dissolute nephew of the ailing Russian Empress Elizabeth, young German princess Sophia Fredericka bides her time, chooses her lovers carefully