Helen Mirren

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Catherine the Great

Jason Clarke

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Grigory Potemkin

Rory Kinnear

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Nikita Ivanovich Panin

Gina McKee

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Countess Praskovya Bruce

Kevin McNally

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Alexei Orlov

Richard Roxburgh

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Grigory Orlov

Joseph Quinn

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Paul Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia

Clive Russell

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The Fool

Paul Kaye

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Yemelyan Pugachev

Paul Ritter

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Alexander Suvorov