Young Catherine/Tnt Version [VHS]

Director: Michael Anderson
Actors: Vanessa Redgrave, Christopher Plummer, Franco Nero, Marthe Keller, Maximilian Schell
Studio: Turner Home Entertainment

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

25 reviews
Sales Rank: 9,820

Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 2
Running Time: 180 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1

ISBN: 6302025079
UPC: 053939561531
EAN: 9786302025071
ASIN: 6302025079

Theatrical Release Date: February 17, 1991
Release Date: May 29, 1991
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The story of Catherine the Great, starting with her teenaged marriage into Russian royalty.

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Enjoyable January 28, 2009
Rita Campbell (Wasilla, AK, USA)
Julia Ormond is incandescent and extraordinarily lovely, in this early role. The part truly suits her. The seasoned supporting actors are wonderful. The beautiful scenery and music casts a spell on the viewer. My only complaint is that it ought to be available on DVD.

4 out of 5 stars

young catherine Not entire TNT December 24, 2008
J. Hemmingsen (mi)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

While it still isn't the entire version that was on TNT it is quite good.
Very small scenes that weren't necessary in the first place are missing.
Everything else is there and beautifully done.
I would recommend this to all who have missed the TNT product. I have the dvd also and this is the better of the two.

5 out of 5 stars

YOUNG CATHERINE June 9, 2008
Lizzy Bennett (Water,winter,wonderland)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

As I am currently changing all my VHS tapes over to DVD's I am struggling with some really good "old" mostly historical tapes that I don't think will ever be transferred over to DVD, and this is one of them.....the only copy I had, prior to acquiring this one is an old tape from the actual TV drama itself which has been played so often that it is skipping and missing words. I believe that some individual was selling a DVD that they had made but the review was that the picture quality was lousy, so I won't go there. My personally opinion on this movie is that IT IS THE VERY BEST PORTRAYAL of Catherine the Great of Russia. Unfortunately there was a much more recent remake with Catherine Zeta Jones in the starring role....forget that! Julia Ormond leaves Zeta Jones in the dust when it comes to playing this great role and the line up of well known extremly talented stars who play numerous parts is mind boggling. Some of the story is a best guess because nobody really knew the truth about Catherines' rise to power (which is not unusual in anything coming out of Russia) But the story line is splendid and absolutely everything that is portayed 'could' have happened. Color, costumes, spacious frozen scenery, huge houses and castles will take your breath away. I do not know if I might try to get this transferred over myself because I know that the life of the VCR is limited and sooner or later tapes won't be a viable alternative but, until that is the case I will watch this over and over again. If you can get hold of a copy of this before they are all go PLEASE DO SO, you won't regret it. I hope upon hope that the movie makers will take a second look and bring this out on DVD because it is well worth it as it is so superior to the Zeta Jones version.

4 out of 5 stars

TNT Is Missing a Bet by Not Having the 187-Minute Version on DVD November 7, 2007
riccotto (Vienna, Austria)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

TNT, having made this extraordinarily good series on Catherine the Great, with a stellar cast and scenes often filmed in the original (opulent) locations, incredibly has failed to make the full 187-minute version available on DVD. They do not appear to realize that what this forces the viewer to do is tape the full version off the air. (Many people do not want to buy VHS sets, and even the 180-minute version in this case has scenes missing.) What can they be thinking at TNT? Having spent all the money to film this classic, shouldn't they be the first to WANT the public to buy it? It just boggles the mind.....And of course, if they really want to do us a favor, they should add the Russian language sound track (there is a Russian-only available version), as well as any other languages (French, for example? -- German, which would also be appropriate, considering that Catherine was a German princess?) to the set. Now THAT would be a set worth having! And has it not occurred to them that Europeans would also be interested in having this set available on DVD?

5 out of 5 stars

Great feature March 1, 2007
Mrs. Nikki Blundell (Orlando, FL)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

AND IT IS AVAILABLE ON DVD - just purchased one on Ebay... and yes it's the TNT feature staring Julia Ormond and Vanessa Redgrave.

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