La rivale dell'imperatrice (1951)
During the 18th century, the empress of Russia Catherine the Great sends her lover Count Alexei Orloff to kidnap her rival for the throne, the pretender Elizabeth, Princess Tarakanova, from Venice. However, Orloff ends up falling in love with the princess.
- Released
- 1951-02-22
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Jacopo Comin, Sidney Salkow, Doreen Montgomery, Hagar Wilde
Cast
- Richard Greene as Count Alexei Orloff
- Valentina Cortese as Princess Tarakanova
- Greta Gynt as Countess Loradona Campaniello
- Isa Pola as Empress Catherine
- Charles Goldner as General Korsakoff
- Hugh French as Sargeant Sergei Nikolsky
- Antonio Centa as Prince Radziwiłł
- Guido Notari as Vaska
- Cippi Valli as Elizabeth's maid
- William Tubbs
- Giulio Donnini
- Dino Galvani