Secrets of Palace coup d'etat. Russia, 18th century. Film №2. Testament of the Empress (2000)
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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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
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