The Empresses
Original title: Императрицы
Overview
Little Elizabeth thought her future was predestined: she was to marry Louis XV and become the Queen of France – that was the promise given to her by her father, Emperor of Russia Peter the Great. When Peter dies in 1725 without naming a successor, an era of palace coups and power struggles begins in Russia. For some tumultuous years it remains to be seen whether the young Russian Empire and its new capital St. Petersburg would stand, and what future lies in store for the country of Russia. Peter's widow, Catherine I, becomes Empress - the first woman to rule Imperial Russia. She wishes to fulfil the promise her late husband had given to their daughter, but fails. Young Louis XV refuses to marry Elizabeth after learning that she was born before her parents were officially married. That, in his eyes, made her illegitimate.
Top-billed cast
- EEvgeniy Okorokov
- AAlexandra Veleskevich
- EEvgeny Mikhaylenko
- RRoman Vasilev
- EEduard Orlov
- AAnastasia Talyzina
- EElena Krestyantseva
- OOlga Lerman
- AAlan Gubaev
- AAnna Ukolova
Crew
- Director
- Andrey Kravchuk
- Writers
- Andrey Kravchuk, Anton Cherenkov, Andrey Rubanov
- Producers
- Tina Kandelaki, Boris Khanchalyan, Olga Gnezdilova, Ivan Golomovzyuk, Vadim Vereshchagin
- Production
- 1-2-3 Production, Cinema Foundation of Russia, Presidential Foundation for Cultural Initiatives, Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation
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Who directed The Empresses?
The Empresses was directed by Andrey Kravchuk.
When was The Empresses released?
The Empresses was released in 2023.
