Princess Tarakanova (1938 film)

Princess Tarakanova (Italian: La principessa Tarakanova) is a 1938 French-Italian historical film directed by Fyodor Otsep and Mario Soldati and starring Annie Vernay, Pierre Richard-Willm and Roger Karl.^[1] It portrays the life of the 18th century pretender to the Russian throne Princess Tarakanova. The story has been turned into films a number of times including a 1930 film, Tarakanova.

Princess Tarakanova
Directed by	Mario Soldati Fyodor Otsep
Written by	Jacques Companéez André Lang Evelina Levi Hans Jacoby Henri Jeanson Ladislao Vajda Mario Soldati
Produced by	Robert Dandi Seymour Nebenzal
Starring	Annie Vernay Pierre Richard-Willm Roger Karl Suzy Prim
Cinematography	Curt Courant Massimo Terzano
Edited by	Georges Friedland Ferdinando Maria Poggioli
Music by	Renzo Rossellini Antonio Veretti Riccardo Zandonai
Production companies	Chronos Films Nero Film SAFI
Distributed by	EIA Les Distributeurs Associés
Release date	16 March 1938 (1938-03-16)
Running time	95 minutes
Countries	France Italy
Languages	French Italian

The film's sets were designed by Andrej Andrejew, Guido Fiorini and Ettore Corsi.

The film was released in the USA under the title Betrayal.

Cast

• Annie Vernay as Élisabeth Tarakanova - la prétendante au trône de Russie
• Pierre Richard-Willm as Il conte Alexis Orloff / Le comte Alexis Orloff - le favori de Catherine II
• Roger Karl as Il principe Radziwill / Le prince Radziwill
• Suzy Prim as L'imperatrice Caterina II / L'impératrice Catherine II
• Memo Benassi as L'ambasciatore russo (In the Italian version)
• Georges Paulais as L'ambassadeur russe (In the French version)
• Guglielmo Sinaz as Il grande inquisitore (In the Italian version)
• René Bergeron as Le grand inquisiteur (In the French version)
• Anna Magnani as Marietta, la cameriera (In the Italian version)
• Janine Merrey as Mariette, la camériste (In the French version)
• Antonio Centa as Il capitano Sleptozow (In the Italian version)
• Jacques Berlioz as Le capitaine Sleptozoff (In the French version)
• Abel Jacquin as Il capitano Nikolsky / Le capitaine Nikolsky.
• Enrico Glori as Il mercante / Le marchand
• Alberto Sordi as Ciaruskin
• Amedeo Trilli as Ravic
• Vasco Cataldo
• Rolando Costantino
• Enrico Gozzo
• Wilma Grazia
• Mario Mari
• Mauprey
• Guglielmo Morresi
• Teodoro Pescara Pateras
• Gennaro Sabatano
• Giovanni Stupin
• Germana Vivian
• Cesare Zoppetti

See also

• Princess Tarakanova (1910)
• Tarakanova (1930)
• Shadow of the Eagle (1950)
• The Rival of the Empress (1951)