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

Overview

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.

Directed by Svetlana Druzhinina

Top cast

Natalya Yegorova

Catherine I

Sergey Shakurov

Alexander Menshikov

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Ekaterina Nikitina

Elizaveta Petrovna

Irina Lachina

Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna

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Dmitriy Verkeyenko

Peter II

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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

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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

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Надежда Дружинина

Natalia Alexeievna

Anna Shtukaturova

Anna Leopoldovna (in childhood)

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