A German princess is chosen to marry the heir to the Russian Throne, but faces plots and intrigues against her. | dG1fNGdTNEJxN3B5M0E
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00:00From the wilds of an untamed land came an innocent girl I think I will try very hard to find love.
00:27Chosen for her beauty.
00:29Healthy? No illness?
00:33Destined to greatness.
00:36But you're very charming.
00:38The race has only just begun.
00:41Her future husband was a child.
00:44I don't have many friends to play with.
00:48The ruling queen a tyrant.
00:51She either accepts our faith or she goes and the sooner the better. I want you to make that quite clear.
00:55And danger lay at every turn.
00:58An empress with no enemies is no empress.
01:01St. Petersburg is not a very healthy place.
01:04What do you mean?
01:05Difficult, but not impossible.
01:07Keep all your friends in the army.
01:09And never turn your back on the Barantzovs.
01:13From the pageantry of a crown to the harsh realities of the bedroom.
01:18When my aunt dies, I'll be emperor.
01:21And I'll do what I'd like to this country and to you.
01:25She sought refuge in a passionate affair.
01:28Well, I need to teach me everything you know.
01:31Never!
01:32Never, never, never!
01:34I think I might be eating enough for two.
01:37Oh!
01:38Of course.
01:41Your Majesty.
01:43Grand Duke called us in good hands.
01:44I do assure you, I tend him as if he were my own.
01:47But I am his mother.
01:49No!
01:50From a helpless victim.
01:51No!
01:52No!
01:53To the leader of a nation.
01:54I can fight for me.
01:56For my son.
01:57She sought one prize no one could take from her.
02:01A legacy.
02:06Run!
02:07Root out this evil.
02:09And restore the true Russia!
02:12Russia!
02:17A slip of a girl has won himself an emperor.
02:20Told with all the grandeur and spectacle of an epic,
02:23this true story is based on one woman's courage
02:26and the determination that made her great.
02:29Shot on location in Russia,
02:31Young Catherine features an internationally acclaimed cast
02:35starring Vanessa Redgrave, Christopher Plummer,
02:38Frank O'Nero, Maximilian Schell,
02:41and introducing Julia Orman.
02:45Young Catherine from Turning Home Entertainment.