| Uniform Title |
The Great (Television program) |
| Title |
The Great. Season one. |
| Published |
Australia : Paramount Television : Distributed by Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia, [2021]. |
| ©2020. |
| Description |
4 DVD-videos (520 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
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 |
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 |
Created by Tony McNamara. |
| Performers |
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. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : MA15+ |
| System details |
DVD video, Dolby Digital 5.1/2.0, NTSC, letterbox 16:9, 2.00:1. |
| Language note |
English. [CC] English Captions [descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired]. [AD] English Audio Description (Descriptive narration for the vision impaired). |
| Subjects |
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 |
| Russia -- History -- Catherine II, 1762-1796 -- Drama |
| Russia -- Kings and rulers -- Drama |
| Genre |
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 |
| Other Names |
McNamara, Tony, (Director) creator. |
| Fanning, Elle, 1998- actor. |
| Hoult, Nicholas, 1989- actor. |
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