The Great - Season 1 - Eps 2: A Fake Beard
Catherine takes her first steps toward a coup. Taking advice from Marial, she attempts to seduce and recruit palace intellectual Count Orlo. It’s a disaster. However, after seeing Peter’s brutal treatment of local nobles and unwillingness to listen, he decides to join Catherine’s coup.
About The Great
Title: The Great
First Air Date: 2020-05-15
Last Air Date: 2023-05-12
Status: Canceled
Rating: 8.095/10 (from 1088 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 3
Total Episodes: 30
Network: Hulu
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Production Companies: MRC, Echo Lake Entertainment, Thruline Entertainment, MacGowan Films, Lewellen Pictures, Piggy Ate Roast Beef Productions, Civic Center Media
Synopsis
A genre-bending, anti-historical ride through 18th century Russia following the rise of Catherine the Nothing to Catherine the Great and her explosive relationship with husband Peter, the emperor of Russia.
Cast
Elle Fanning
Catherine II of Russia
Phoebe Fox
Marial
Gwilym Lee
Grigor Dymov
Adam Godley
Archbishop
Douglas Hodge
General Velementov
Belinda Bromilow
Elizabeth Petrovna
Bayo Gbadamosi
Arkady
Nicholas Hoult
Peter III of Russia
Charity Wakefield
Georgina Dymova
Florence Keith-Roach
Tatyana
