Princess Tarakanova (1938 film)

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. 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 Ettore Corsi.

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)
 * René Bergeron 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)
 * Jacques Berlioz 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
 * Vasco Cataldo
 * Rolando Costantino
 * Enrico Gozzo
 * Wilma Grazia
 * Mario Mari
 * Mauprey
 * Guglielmo Morresi
 * Teodoro Pescara Pateras
 * Gennaro Sabatano
 * Giovanni Stupin
 * Germana Vivian
 * Cesare Zoppetti