Princess Tarakanova (1910 film)

Princess Tarakanova (Russian: Княжна Тараканова, romanized: Knyazhna Tarakanova) is a 1910^[1][2] Russian short film directed by Kai Hansen.^[3]

Princess Tarakanova (1910)

Princess Tarakanova
Russian: Княжна Тараканова
Directed by	Kai Hansen Maurice Maître
Written by	Cheslav Sabinsky Ippolit Shpazhinsky
Starring	V. Mikulina Nikolai Vekov N. Aleksandrova
Cinematography	Joseph-Louis Mundwiller Toppi
Production company	Pathé
Release date	November 9, 1910 (1910-11-09)
Running time	18 min.
Country	Russian Empire

Plot

The film is based on the play Princess Tarakanova by Ippolit Shpazhinsky.^[4]

The story of the alleged daughter of the secret marriage of Empress Elizabeth of Russia, who allegedly died tragically during the flood in the casemate of the Peter and Paul Fortress, where she was transferred by the will of Catherine II after a life sentence.

Cast

• V. Mikulina as Princess Tarakanova
• N. Aleksandrova as Catherine II
• Nikolai Vekov as Count Orlov
• S. Lazarev as Golitsyn
• Nadezhda Nelskaya as Francesca de Mechade
• Anatoly Rzhanov as Tolstoy
• F. Semkovsky as Samuel Greig
• Nikolai Vasilyev as Potyomkin

Princess Tarakanova, an 1864 painting by Konstantin Flavitsky

Criticism

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