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Dmitry Levitzky, Catherine II the Legislatress in the Temple of the Goddess of Justice, 1783, State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia

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Tv and Film Representations of Catherine the Great

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Tv and Film Representations of Catherine the Great

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The Scarlett Empress (Josef von Sternberg, 1934)

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The Scarlett Empress (Josef von Sternberg, 1934)

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As a temptress, multiple references to the infamous 'horse story

Janowicz, Stanislaw. "Living history: myth, representation and dramatizing Catherine the Great." PhD diss., University of Southern Queensland, 2017.

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Having multiple relations with men

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An actress that is mainly known for her more mature roles, roles that require a sexual element.

'Catherine the Great' in Ford & Mitchell, Royal Portraits in Hollywood : Filming the Lives of Queens  (Kentucky US, The University Press of Kentucky, 2009) pp 34-70

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Catherine's capability of 'seducing men' and being able to manipulate them

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Catherine having complicated relationship with Peter due to his cruelty

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Catherine being in a complex relationship with Alexei

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Catherine being able to take the throne from her husband

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Small jokes regarding horses go back the myth that Catherine had sexual relations with a horse

Janowicz, Stanislaw. "Living history: myth, representation and dramatizing Catherine the Great." PhD diss., University of Southern Queensland, 2017.

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Catherine being showcased as an extremely sexual woman and being demonised and vilified as a result

Janowicz, Stanislaw. "Living history: myth, representation and dramatizing Catherine the Great." PhD diss., University of Southern Queensland, 2017.

Meehan-Waters, Brenda. "Catherine the Great and the problem of female rule." The Russian Review 34, no. 3 (1975): 293-307.

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Peter's cruelty is his way of displaying power - contrasting with Catherine

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Catherine's power is in her intellectualism and her modern ideas

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Being a women is seen as a weakness thus Catherine struggles

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Catherine's sexuality is dimmed, Peter's s highlighted

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Represents Catherine less as a usurper and a temptress and more as a person

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Less focused on her romantic relationships and sex life and more about herself as a person

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Playing more innocent roles, like in Maleficent (2014).