Princess Tarakanova (1910 film)
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| Russian: Княжна Тараканова | |
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Running time | 18 min. |
| Country | Russian Empire |
Princess Tarakanova (Russian: Княжна Тараканова, romanized: Knyazhna Tarakanova) is a 1910[1][2] Russian short film directed by Kai Hansen.[3]
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
Criticism
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References
- ^ Студентов РГУ призвали воспринимать кино не только как развлечение
- ^ В РГУ начались «Уроки кино»
- ^ В Москве кинотеатре «Иллюзион» пройдет кинонеделя «Романовы и Россия»
- ^ Великий кинемо: каталог сохранившихся игровых фильмов России: 1908-1919
- ^ A list of motion picture pictures that can be authorized for public exhibition, 1911
External links
- Princess Tarakanova at IMDb
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