Name: The Great
Genre: Drama, Comedy

The Great

Category

TV Series

Genre

Drama,Comedy

MPAA Rating

Seasons

2 minute(s)

Production Co

Paramount Television Studios

Distributor

Hulu

Official Site

https://press.hulu.com/shows/the-great/

Cast and Crew

Starring

Elle Fanning as Mei Kusakabe
Nicholas Hoult as Bobby
Phoebe Fox
Adam Godley
Gwilym Lee
Charity Wakefield
Douglas Hodge
Sacha Dhawan as Ali Patanjali
Sebastian De Souza
Bayo Gbadamosi
Belinda Bromilow

Synopsis

"The Great" is a satirical, comedic drama about the rise of Catherine the Great (Elle Fanning) from outsider to the longest reigning female ruler in Russia's history. Season One is a fictionalized, fun and anachronistic story of an idealistic, romantic young girl, who arrives in Russia for an arranged marriage to the mercurial Emperor Peter (Nicholas Hoult). Hoping for love and sunshine, she finds instead a dangerous, depraved, backward world that she resolves to change. All she has to do is kill her husband, beat the church, baffle the military and get the court onside. A very modern story about the past which encompasses the many roles she played over her lifetime as lover, teacher, ruler, friend, and fighter.