A satirical, comedic drama, based on the occasional historical fact, about the rise of Catherine the Great. An idealistic romantic young girl, she arrives from Prussia for an arranged marriage to the mercurial Emperor Peter hoping for love and sunshine and 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 on her side.

Originally broadcast as single episodes of a television program on Hulu in 2020. Based on the play written by Tony McNamara. Widescreen (16:9 aspect ratio). "Technicolor." Disc 4 special features: Bold and brash: inside The Great; Palatial panache: the style of The Great; gag reel.

Disc 1. The Great ; A fake beard ; And you Sire, are no Peter the Great -- Disc 2. Moscow mule ; War and vomit ; Parachute -- Disc 3. A pox on hope ; Meatballs at the dacha ; Love hurts -- Disc 4. The beaver's nose.