The Great: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Great is a satirical, comedic drama about the rise of Catherine the Great from outsider to the longest reigning female ruler in Russia's history. 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. 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.

Series details

• Title: The Great
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Comedy, History
• Premiere date: 2020-05-15
• Final broadcast date listed: 2023-05-12
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Hulu
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 52 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.3/10
• TVMaze ID: 38412
• IMDb ID: tt2235759
• TVDB ID: 369301

Cast and credited roles

• Elle Fanning — Catherine the Great
• Phoebe Fox — Marial
• Gwilym Lee — Grigor Dymov
• Adam Godley — Archie
• Belinda Bromilow — Elizabeth
• Bayo Gbadamosi — Arkady Vasilovich
• Florence Keith-Roach — Tatyana
• Douglas Hodge — General Velementov
• Nicholas Hoult — Tsar Peter
• Charity Wakefield — Georgina Dymov
• Sacha Dhawan — Orlov
• Danusia Samal — Lady Antonia Svenska

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2020-05-15; final listed air date 2020-05-15; episode order: 10.
• Season 2: premiered 2021-11-19; final listed air date 2021-11-19; episode order: 10.
• Season 3: premiered 2023-05-12; final listed air date 2023-05-12; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Great on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.