Catherine the Great Filming Locations Guide
Catherine the Great series is an opulent joint production of HBO and Sky TV, showing epic filming locations from the old golden age of the Russian Empire. The filmmakers decided to pack the 34-year reign of one of the top rulers that the country has ever had in a 4-episode television series. Set in the troubled times of the 18th century Russian court, the period drama is starring Helen Mirren as Empress Catherine II, and Jason Clarke plays her twins soul, the military commander Grigory Potemkin.
《葉卡捷琳娜大帝》是HBO和Sky TV聯合製作的一部奢華的電視劇，展示了俄羅斯帝國黃金時代的史詩般的拍攝地點。電影製作人決定在一部4集的電視連續劇中，囊括該國最高統治者之一的34年統治。這部歷史劇以18世紀俄國宮廷動亂時期為背景，海倫·米倫(Helen Mirren)飾演凱薩琳二世皇后，傑森·克拉克(Jason Clarke)飾演她的雙胞胎靈魂——軍事指揮官格裡高利·波將金(Grigory Potemkin)。
Catherine the Great was filmed in Latvia, Lithuania and in two wonderful historical Russian palaces located near Saint Petersburg. Here’s a spoiler-free tour of the series locations:
《葉卡捷琳娜大帝》在拉脫維亞和立陶宛拍攝，並在聖彼得堡附近的兩座歷史悠久的俄羅斯宮殿拍攝。這是一個無劇透的系列地點之旅:
Where is Catherine the Great filmed?
《葉卡捷琳娜大帝》拍攝地點
A lot of filming took place in the Rundāle Palace in Pilsrundale (Latvia). This outstanding Baroque monument doubles as the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, nowadays hosting the Hermitage Museum.很多電影的拍攝地點在Pilsrundale Rundāle宮殿(拉脫維亞)。這座傑出的巴洛克式建築是聖彼得堡冬宮的兩倍，現在是冬宮博物館的所在地。Image courtesy of HBO/Sky and Jeroen Komen - Map
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Many interiors were also shot here in the Rundale Palace. This was major residence of the nobility of Courland (a historical region in western Latvia), not built by any Russia Czar, but by the Dukes of Courland. Pictured, the throne room reception hall. 許多內景也是在隆黛爾宮拍攝。這是庫爾蘭貴族的主要居所(拉脫維亞西部的一個歷史地區)，不是由任何俄羅斯沙皇建造的，而是由庫爾蘭公爵建造的。圖為王座會客廳。Image courtesy of HBO/Sky and Avishai Teicher>
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Some exterior shots were filmed on location in the Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo (aka Pushkin), built in the outskirts of St. Petersburg. The Rococo 325-meter-long palace was completed in 1756 after four years of works.
一些外景照片是在聖彼得堡郊區的沙斯科耶塞洛（又名普希金）凱薩琳宮拍攝的。325米長的洛可可宮殿經過四年的建造，於1756年竣工。
Image courtesy of HBO/Sky and Andrew Shiva - Map
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Image courtesy of HBO/Sky and Florstein - Map
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The Peterhof Palace, nicknamed The Russian Versailles, is the other massive tourist attraction that you can't miss out if you are traveling to the former capital of Russia. Pity that a large part of the ensemble was destroyed during WW2. Apparently, not only the German invasion damaged the place; Stalin had Peterhof bombed to foil Hitler's plan to hold a Christmas party here during the war. 別稱「俄羅斯凡爾賽宮」的彼得霍夫宮是俄羅斯前首都莫斯科的另一個大型旅遊景點，如果你去那裡旅行，一定不會錯過。可惜的是，這個景點大部分在二戰中被毀了。不僅僅是德國的入侵破壞了彼得霍夫宮;二戰期間，史達林用彼得霍夫轟炸來挫敗希特勒在這裡舉辦聖誕晚會的計劃。Image courtesy of HBO/Sky and Andrew Shiva - Map
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In St. Petersburg the production was also filming in the Moika Palace theater (also known as the Yusupov Palace). 在聖彼得堡，電影也在莫伊卡宮劇院(也被稱為尤素波宮)拍攝。Image courtesy of HBO/Sky and Jackieo2006 - Map
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The council room of the Empress is the Hall of Franciszek Smuglewicz of Vilnius University Library. Some more historical halls from the complex are featured in the series (including the first image that opens this report).皇后的會議室是維爾紐斯大學圖書館的Franciszek Smuglewicz大廳。本系列還介紹了該建築群中一些歷史悠久的大廳(包括本文的第一張圖片)。
Image courtesy of HBO/Sky and Raimondas Malaiška - Map
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The series opens with a scene taking place in the Shlisselburg Prison, built on an island in Lake Ladoga. It was actually filmed at Trakai Castle, located only a few miles away from Vilnius. 該劇以發生在拉多加湖上一座小島上的Shlisselburg監獄的一幕作為開場。它實際上是在特拉凱城堡拍攝的，離維爾紐斯只有幾英裡遠。Image courtesy of HBO/Sky and Jo Sau - Map
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The exterior of the temple in St Petersburg was filmed at Vilnius Town Hall Square, using a lot of CGI. Thanks to Vilnius Tourism we know all the filming locations of the show shot in the city.聖彼得堡神殿的外觀是在維爾紐斯市政廳廣場拍攝的，使用了大量的CGI技術。由於維爾紐斯旅遊，我們知道所有的拍攝地點的顯示拍攝在城市。Image courtesy of HBO/Sky and Google Maps
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The soldiers barracks were filmed in the Pažaislis monastery and church in Kaunas, the second city of Lithuania.軍營的士兵拍攝的Pažaislis修道院和教堂在考納斯,立陶宛的第二大城市。
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