Quote Originally Posted by frequent View Post
Amazon Prime hosts the Russian-produced series (two so far) about Catherine the Great; I'm now watching the second series..
On your recommendation I'm watching the first series. I'm on episode 4 and it's very good.

However, the actor playing (the future) Peter III is the spitting image of a young Gene Wilder, and I find that highly distracting - so much so that every 10 minutes I'm expecting him to announce his name is Froderick Fronkensteen