Esikhathini esithile esidlule kwakukhona namahemuhemu anenkani athi u-Angelina Jolie azodlala uCleopatra. Kepha inqobo nje uma iphrojekthi ngeNdlovukazi yaseGibhithe ayicacile, umlingisi wabheka elinye lomuntu wasebukhosini ukuze afake emsindweni esikrinini - umphumela we-Russian u-Empress Catherine owesibili.
Inkanyezi ye-movie yathenga amalungelo okuvikelwa komthengisi wesazi-mlando saseBrithani uSimon Sebag Montefiore "Catherine Great and Potemne Love Romance." Ngesisekelo sencwadi ekhishwe ngonyaka ka-2000, cishe izinkulungwane ezinhlanu ngaphambili azishicilelanga amakhosi enduna kanye nenkosana, ababhale yona.
"Ngijabule ngeqiniso lokuthi u-Angelina wadonsela ukunaka kwale ncwadi. Umlobi uthi: Le yincwadi yami yokuqala ngakho-ke ngezindlela eziningi omunye wabathandekayo bami, "kusho umlobi. - UCatherine uyi-heroine ngokuphelele phakathi kwabesifazane. Futhi ngiqiniseka ngokuphelele kuphrojekthi yesikhathi esizayo ngenxa yokuthi u-Angelina wamthatha. "
UCatherine owesibili weza emandleni ngonyaka we-1762 phakathi nesigcawu sesigodlo, esasichithwa esihlalweni sobukhosi sendoda yakhe engathandeki uPeter III. Ibhodi lika-Catherine libizwa ngokuthi "iminyaka yegolide" emlandweni waseRussia. Kepha i-Empress yayidume ngokuxhumana kwakhe nabathandi abaningi, inani lazo lifinyelela phakathi kwawo laliyinkomba kaGrigory Potemkin, eyaba amahemuhemu, abashade nabo bakaCatherine ngasekupheleni kuka-1774 noma ekuqaleni kuka-1775.
Imiyalezo esemthethweni evela kubamele iJolie ekuhlolweni okuzayo ayikatholwa. Ngakho-ke, akwaziwa ukuthi ungelosi uqobo uzodlala uCatherine omkhulu. Futhi akucaci ukuthi inkanyezi ye-movie izosebenza njengomqondisi noma inqinele ekukhiqizeni isithombe.