Julia Ormond

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Catherine

Christopher Plummer

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Sir Charles

Vanessa Redgrave

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Empress Elizabeth

Franco Nero

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Count Vorontsov

Marthe Keller

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Johanna

Maximilian Schell

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Frederick the Great

Hartmut Becker

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Catherine's Father

Alexander Kerst

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Prussian Ambassador

Katharine Schlesinger

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Elizabeth Vorontsova