Princess Tarakanova (1938 film)
Princess Tarakanova | |
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Directed by | Mario Soldati Fyodor Otsep |
Written by | Jacques Companéez Hans Jacoby Henri Jeanson Ladislao Vajda Mario Soldati |
Produced by | Seymour Nebenzal |
Starring | Annie Vernay Pierre Richard-Willm Roger Karl Suzy Prim |
Cinematography | Curt Courant Massimo Terzano |
Edited by | Georges Friedland Ferdinando Maria Poggioli |
Music by | Renzo Rossellini Antonio Veretti Riccardo Zandonai |
Production companies | Chronos Films Nero Film SAFI |
Distributed by | EIA Les Distributeurs Associés |
Release date | 16 March 1938 |
Running time | 95 minutes |
Countries | France Italy |
Languages | French Italian |
Princess Tarakanova (Italian: La principessa Tarakanova) is a 1938 French-Italian historical film directed by Fyodor Otsep and Mario Soldati and starring Annie Vernay, Pierre Richard-Willm and Roger Karl.[1] It portrays the life of the 18th century pretender to the Russian throne Princess Tarakanova. The story has been turned into films a number of times including a 1930 film, Tarakanova.
The film's sets were designed by Andrej Andrejew, Guido Fiorini and .
The film was released in the USA under the title Betrayal.
Cast[]
- Annie Vernay as Élisabeth Tarakanova - la prétendante au trône de Russie
- Pierre Richard-Willm as Il conte Alexis Orloff / Le comte Alexis Orloff - le favori de Catherine II
- Roger Karl as Il principe Radziwill / Le prince Radziwill
- Suzy Prim as L'imperatrice Caterina II / L'impératrice Catherine II
- Memo Benassi as L'ambasciatore russo (In the Italian version)
- Georges Paulais as L'ambassadeur russe (In the French version)
- Guglielmo Sinaz as Il grande inquisitore (In the Italian version)
- as Le grand inquisiteur (In the French version)
- Anna Magnani as Marietta, la cameriera (In the Italian version)
- Janine Merrey as Mariette, la camériste (In the French version)
- Antonio Centa as Il capitano Sleptozow (In the Italian version)
- as Le capitaine Sleptozoff (In the French version)
- Abel Jacquin as Il capitano Nikolsky / Le capitaine Nikolsky.
- Enrico Glori as Il mercante / Le marchand
- Alberto Sordi as Ciaruskin
- Amedeo Trilli as Ravic
- Cesare Zoppetti
See also[]
- Princess Tarakanova (1910)
- Tarakanova (1930)
- Shadow of the Eagle (1950)
- The Rival of the Empress (1951)
References[]
- ^ Moliterno p.303
Bibliography[]
- Moliterno, Gino. The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1938 films
- Italian films
- Italian historical drama films
- French films
- French historical drama films
- 1930s historical drama films
- Italian-language films
- Films directed by Fedor Ozep
- Films directed by Mario Soldati
- Films set in Russia
- Films set in the 18th century
- French multilingual films
- Italian multilingual films
- Italian black-and-white films
- Films about Catherine the Great
- Films produced by Seymour Nebenzal
- 1938 multilingual films
- 1938 drama films
- Films scored by Renzo Rossellini
- 1930s Italian film stubs