---
title: 'Catherine the Great (1920)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Reinhold Schünzel'
released: '1920-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/catherine-the-great-1920'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0434121/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Catherine the Great (1920)

1920 · Drama · Germany

Original title: Katharina die Große

## Synopsis

Catherine the Great is a 1920 German silent historical film directed by Reinhold Schünzel and starring Lucie Höflich, Fritz Kortner, and Fritz Delius. The film was an epic portrayal of the life of Catherine the Great of Russia. 4,000 extras and 500 horses were used.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Reinhold Schünzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/reinhold-schunzel)
- **Screenplay:** [Reinhold Schünzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/reinhold-schunzel), [Hans Behrendt](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-behrendt)
- **Producer:** [Arzén von Cserépy](https://cinepixo.com/people/arzen-von-cserepy)
- **Director of Photography:** [Karl Freund](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-freund)

## Cast

- [Karl Platen](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-platen)
- [Ilka Grüning](https://cinepixo.com/people/ilka-gruning)
- [Fritz Delius](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-delius)
- [Reinhold Schünzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/reinhold-schunzel)
- [Mechthildis Thein](https://cinepixo.com/people/mechthildis-thein)
- [Lucie Höflich](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucie-hoflich)
- [Gustav Botz](https://cinepixo.com/people/gustav-botz)
- [Paul Hartmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-hartmann)
- [Gertrud de Lalsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/gertrud-de-lalsky)
- [Ferdinand von Alten](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferdinand-von-alten)
- [Hanne Brinkmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/hanne-brinkmann)
- [Leonhard Haskel](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonhard-haskel)
- [Fritz Kortner](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-kortner)
- [Hugo Flink](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugo-flink)
- [Loo Hardy](https://cinepixo.com/people/loo-hardy)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/catherine-the-great-1920
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