Catherine the Great (1995 TV Movie)
Catherine Zeta-Jones: Catherine
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Quotes
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Catherine : [to Countess Bruce] My dear, I am about to seize the throne of Russia. What on earth shall I wear?
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[to Potemkin]
Catherine : [in Latin, quoting Vergil] Blessings on your courage, boy; that's the way to the stars.
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Catherine : [voiceover] I'm told that in France they call me "Catherine le Grand." *Le* Grand... the masculine gender. "Catherine the Great."
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[first lines]
Catherine : The 21st of August 1745... my wedding day. I was fifteen. The Grand Duke Peter was two years older, and we were both pawns in a political game.
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Catherine : It may take time, but together we are going to change this country.
Catherine : [in French] L'homme est né libre, et partout il est dans les fers.
Bestuzhev : [translating] "Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains"?
Catherine : Rousseau. Don't you read him?
Bestuzhev : Um, he's a bit revolutionary for me, Ma'am.
[Catherine smiles knowingly; Bestuzhev does the same but looks uncomfortable]
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Catherine : [to Bestuzhev] All or nothing. If I commit myself to you, you must commit yourself to me!
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Catherine : Language. I've been corresponding with Monsieur Voltaire on the subject. And he tells a delightful story about a lady at the court of Versailles. This... grand personnage was heard to say, "That dreadful bother at the Tower of Babel, language getting all mixed up... such a pity! Otherwise, everyone would always have spoken French."