"Catherine the Great" televised

[Nora Favorov]

We watched two one-hour episodes, and that seemed to be the entire thing. 
Dramatized "reenactment" was alternated with interviews with several 
European historians (including Isabel de Madariaga). The fact that they 
showed young Catherine dancing to a Mozart minuet before the composer was 
even born did not inspire confidence that they got all their facts right. 
Nonetheless, the production could serve as an entertaining short course on 
Catherine for students. The overall portrait had some nice nuances and 
stressed her remarkable intelligence and "people skills."

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Prof Steven P Hill" <s-hill4 at UIUC.EDU>
To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 1:41 AM
Subject: [SEELANGS] "Catherine the Great" televised


> Dear colleagues:
>
> Does anyone out there have a definitive answer about the LENGTH
> of the recent docu-drama, "Catherine the Great," starring Emily Bruni?
> It was telecast last month in the USA by PBS-TV.  (On May 8 and May
> 15 in my part of the USA, which I missed,  unfortunately.  Mea culpa.)
>
> I looked at various data bases and web-sites, and found rather
> different citations of the running time(s) of this new "Catherine the
> Great."  One site quoted 178 minutes, another 120 minutes, and a
> third "57 minutes (2 parts)."  Go figure.
>
> Cheers,
> Steven P Hill,
> University of Illinois.
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