Princess Tarakanova

Princess Tarakanova is a 1910 Russian short film directed by Kai Hansen. Plot The film is based on the play Princess Tarakanova by Ippolit Shpazhinsky. 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