The Great
The Great (titled onscreen as The Great: An Occasionally True Story and later as The Great: An Almost Entirely Untrue Story) is a historical and satirical black comedy-drama television series described by its commissioner Hulu as "anti-historical" loosely based on the rise to power of Catherine the Great, Empress of All Russia. All ten episodes of the first season were released on Hulu on May 15, 2020. The series stars Elle Fanning as Empress Catherine II and Nicholas Hoult as Emperor Peter III.
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| Original language | English
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| No. of episodes | 20
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| Original release | May 15, 2020 –
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- Reunites Nicholas Hoult and Elle Fanning who previously starred together in Young Ones (2014).
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