Secrets of Palace coup d'etat. Russia, 18th century. Film №2. Testament of the Empress

1h 24m

Drama History

5.8

Having enthroned the wife of Peter the Great and his mistress Catherine I, Menshikov receives unlimited power, thereby causing envy and indignation of his former allies in the coup. Taking advantage of his absence, they are plotting against His Serene Highness. But once again, luck accompanies the brave darling of fortune: having received a warning of mortal danger, he escapes arrest and enters the boudoir of the Empress.

Cast

Natalya Yegorova

Catherine I

Sergey Shakurov

Alexander Menshikov

Ekaterina Nikitina

Elizaveta Petrovna

Irina Lachina

Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna

Dmitriy Verkeyenko

Peter II

Aleksandr Korzhenkov

Henning Friedrich von Bassewitz

Nina Ruslanova

Anna Ioannovna

Aleksandr Lazarev Jr.

Ernst Johann von Biron

Andrey Mezhulis

Carl Frederick of Sweden

Fyodor Dobronravov

Федор Суров (Fyodor Surov)

Vladimir Soshalsky

General Saltykov

Andrei Davydov

Anton de Vieira

Vladimir Koppalov

Pyotr Tolstoy

Vladimir Ilin

Andrey Osterman

Dmitriy Kharatyan

Ivan Dolgorukov

Alexandr Kakhun

Jean Armand de Lestocq

Yelizaveta Nikishchikhina

Kammer-Frau Kramer

Yuriy Stoskov

Ivan Buturlin

Надежда Дружинина

Natalia Alexeievna

Anna Shtukaturova

Anna Leopoldovna (in childhood)

Vladimir Tishenkov

little person 1

Valery Svetlov

little person 2

Yuri Doronin

Rabutin

Valeriy Ivakov

Unknown

Pavel Makhotin

Unknown

Vladimir Pivovarov

Unknown

Yuriy Sokolov

Unknown

Vladimir Shikhov

Unknown

Даниил Мукасей

Unknown

Crew

Svetlana Druzhinina

Director, Writer

Pavel Finn

Writer

Людмила Свириденко

Editor

Anatoliy Mukasey

Camera Operator

Marina Zdornova

Costume Design

Vera Skopinova

Costume Design

Valeri Filippov

Stage Director

Тамара Гаранч

Decorator