Ekaterina (TV series)
Ekaterina is a 2014 Russia-1 historical television series starring Marina Aleksandrova as the eventual Russian empress Catherine the Great. The first season tells the story of princess Sophie Friederike Auguste, and her rise to power to become Empress of Russia, following a coup d'état and the assassination of her husband, Peter III. The second season portrays the challenges she faces at home and abroad during the early years of her rule, as she tries to revitalise Russia to become one of the great powers of Europe, and becomes titled "the Great".
| Ekaterina | |
|---|---|
| Екатерина | |
| Genre | History Serial drama |
| Created by | Anton Zlatopolsky |
| Written by | Arif Aliev Andrey Ivanov (series 3) Ivan Zaruvaev (series 3) |
| Directed by | Alexander Baranov (series 1) Ramil Sabitov (series 1) Dmitry Iosifov (series 2—3) |
| Starring | Marina Alexandrova Julia Aug Aleksandr Yatsenko Pavel Tabakov Vladimir Menshov Konstantin Lavronenko Alexander Lazarev Jr. Nikolay Kozak Rinal Mukhametov Sergey Marin Artyom Alekseev Igor Sklyar Vladimir Yaglych Sergey Koltakov Mikhail Gorevoy Stanislav Strelkov Alina Tomnikov Artur Ivanov Angelina Strechina |
| Composer | Nikolay Rostov |
| Country of origin | Russia |
| Original language | Russian |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 56 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Lilia Chekster Alexandra Shakhnazarova (series 1) Syuzanna Muazen (series 2—3) |
| Producers | Alexander Akopov Natalia Shneiderova Tatyana Belichenko (series 1) Alexey Kozin (series 1—2) Ekaterina Efanova (series 1—2) Alexey Kublitsky (series 1—2) Leonid Blavatnik (series 2) Anton Zlatopolsky (series 2—3) Dmitry Golubnichy (series 2—3) Nikolay Rostov (series 3) Anastasia Koretskaya (series 3) |
| Production locations | Saint Petersburg Moscow Crimea Veliky Novgorod Prague |
| Cinematography | Maxim Shinkorenko |
| Running time | 32–60 minutes |
| Production companies | Production Value (season 1) Amedia (seas. 1–2) COSMOS Studio (seasons 2–3) |
| Original release | |
| Network | Russia |
| Release | November 24, 2014 – October 29, 2023 |
The first season premiered on November 24, 2014 on Russia-1, and was released on Amazon in 2017 under the title Ekaterina: The Rise of Catherine the Great. The second season premiered on Russia-1 on February 27, 2017, and was released on Amazon in 2018. The third season premiered on October 21, 2019. The series premiered its fourth season on October 5, 2023.