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