Description:
A strange twist of fate in 1744 brings 15 year old, foreign-born princess Sophia Fredericka (Catherine Zeta Jones)
to the court of Empress Elizabeth of Russia (Jeanne Moreau). There, she becomes Catherine II, Wife of the
Empress’ nephew Peter (Hannes Jaenicke). Through steely courage, audacious shrewdness and unbridled
treachery, Catherine triumphs over her despicable husband in their all-or-nothing struggle for the throne, to become
Empress and Czarina of Russia.