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

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

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

84 mins

Rating

5.8/10

Release Date

31 December 2000

Country

Russia

Cast

Natalya Yegorova

Natalya Yegorova

Catherine I

Sergey Shakurov

Sergey Shakurov

Alexander Menshikov

Ekaterina Nikitina

Ekaterina Nikitina

Elizaveta Petrovna

Ирина Лачина

Ирина Лачина

Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna

Dmitriy Verkeyenko

Dmitriy Verkeyenko

Peter II

Aleksandr Korzhenkov

Aleksandr Korzhenkov

Henning Friedrich von Bassewitz

Nina Ruslanova

Nina Ruslanova

Anna Ioannovna

Aleksandr Lazarev Jr.

Aleksandr Lazarev Jr.

Ernst Johann von Biron

Andrey Mezhulis

Andrey Mezhulis

Carl Frederick of Sweden

Fyodor Dobronravov

Fyodor Dobronravov

Федор Суров (Fyodor Surov)

Vladimir Soshalsky

Vladimir Soshalsky

General Saltykov

Andrei Davydov

Andrei Davydov

Anton de Vieira

Vladimir Koppalov

Vladimir Koppalov

Pyotr Tolstoy

Vladimir Ilin

Vladimir Ilin

Andrey Osterman

Dmitriy Kharatyan

Dmitriy Kharatyan

Ivan Dolgorukov

Alexandr Kakhun

Alexandr Kakhun

Jean Armand de Lestocq

Yelizaveta Nikishchikhina

Yelizaveta Nikishchikhina

Kammer-Frau Kramer

Yuriy Stoskov

Yuriy Stoskov

Ivan Buturlin

Надежда Дружинина

Надежда Дружинина

Natalia Alexeievna

Anna Shtukaturova

Anna Shtukaturova

Anna Leopoldovna (in childhood)

Vladimir Tishenkov

Vladimir Tishenkov

little person 1

Valery Svetlov

Valery Svetlov

little person 2

Yuri Doronin

Yuri Doronin

Rabutin

Valeriy Ivakov

Valeriy Ivakov

Pavel Makhotin

Pavel Makhotin

Vladimir Pivovarov

Vladimir Pivovarov

Yuriy Sokolov

Yuriy Sokolov

Vladimir Shikhov

Vladimir Shikhov

Даниил Мукасей

Даниил Мукасей

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