Mar 18, 1930
114 min
Full-HD

Tarakanova (1930)

Tarakanova is a 1930 French historical drama film directed by Raymond Bernard and starring Édith Jéhanne, Paule Andral and Olaf Fjord. It depicts the life of Princess Tarakanoff, the pretender to the throne of Catherine II in Eighteenth Century Russia.

Category

Drama History Romance

Country

France

Companies

Gaumont

Édith Jéhanne

Tarakanova/Soeur Dosithée

Édith Jéhanne

L'Impératrice Catherine II

Olaf Fjord

Le Comte Alexis Orlof

Rudolf Klein-Rogge

Le Comte Chouvalof

Charles Lamy

Le Prince Charles Kradziwell

Camille Bert

L'Amiral Greigh

Antonin Artaud

le jeune tzigane

Ernest Ferny

Le Comte Potemkine

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