''Tarakanova'' is a 1930
French historical
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drama film
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directed by
Raymond Bernard
Raymond Bernard (10 October 1891 – 12 December 1977) was a French film director and screenwriter whose career spanned more than 40 years. He is best remembered for several large-scale historical productions, including the silent films '' Le Mi ...
and starring
Édith Jéhanne
Édith Jéhanne (9 February 1899 – 14 June 1949) was a French film actress of the silent and early sound era.
Filmography
* 1922: ''Rouletabille chez les bohémiens'' (dir. Henri Fescourt)
* 1922: ''Triplepatte'' (dir. Raymond Bernard)
* 192 ...
,
Paule Andral and
Olaf Fjord
Olaf Fjord (born Ämilian Maximilian Pouch; 3 August 1897 – 19 April 1945) was an Austrian actor, film director and film producer.
Selected filmography
* '' Der Herzog von Reichstadt'' (1920)
* ''Monna Vanna'' (1922)
* '' The Ragpicker of Pari ...
. It depicts the life of
Princess Tarakanoff the pretender to the throne of
Catherine II
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, house =
, father = Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
, mother = Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp
, birth_date =
, birth_name = Princess Sophie of Anha ...
in Eighteenth Century Russia.
[Powrie & Rebillard p.93]
Cast
*
Édith Jéhanne
Édith Jéhanne (9 February 1899 – 14 June 1949) was a French film actress of the silent and early sound era.
Filmography
* 1922: ''Rouletabille chez les bohémiens'' (dir. Henri Fescourt)
* 1922: ''Triplepatte'' (dir. Raymond Bernard)
* 192 ...
-
Tarakanova / Soeur Dosithée
*
Paule Andral -
L'Impératrice Catherine II
*
Olaf Fjord
Olaf Fjord (born Ämilian Maximilian Pouch; 3 August 1897 – 19 April 1945) was an Austrian actor, film director and film producer.
Selected filmography
* '' Der Herzog von Reichstadt'' (1920)
* ''Monna Vanna'' (1922)
* '' The Ragpicker of Pari ...
-
Le Comte Alexis Orlof
*
Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Friedrich Rudolf Klein (24 November 1885 – 29 May 1955), better known as Rudolf Klein-Rogge, was a German film actor, best known for playing sinister figures in films in the 1920s and 1930s as well as being a mainstay in director Fritz Lang's ...
- Le Comte Chouvalof
*
Charles Lamy
Charles Lamy or M. Lamy (28 August 1857 – 15 June 1940) was the stage name of the French actor Charles Castarède.Martin, p. 214 Life and career
Lamy was born in Lyon to a theatrical family. His younger brother Maurice became an actor. He bega ...
- Le Prince Charles Kradziwell
*
Camille Bert
Camille Bert (1880–1970) was a French actor.
Born Camille Léon Louis Bertrand in Orléans, he died in Paris in 1970.
Selected filmography
* ''Le secret de Rosette Lambert'' (1920)
* ''The Thruster'' (1924)
* '' The Lady of Lebanon'' (1926)
* ' ...
- L'Amiral Greigh
*
Antonin Artaud
Antoine Marie Joseph Paul Artaud, better known as Antonin Artaud (; 4 September 1896 – 4 March 1948), was a French writer, poet, dramatist, visual artist, essayist, actor and theatre director. He is widely recognized as a major figure of the E ...
- Le jeune tzigane
*
Ernest Ferny
Ernest Ferny (1886–1939) was a Swiss film actor.Goble p.411
Selected filmography
* ''Tarakanova'' (1930)
* ''Moscow Nights'' (1934)
* '' The Lady of Lebanon'' (1934)
* ''Light Cavalry'' (1935)
* ''Taras Bulba'' (1936)
* ''The Red Dancer'' (1937) ...
- Le Comte Potemkine
*
Andrew Brunelle - Kansoff
See also
* ''
Princess Tarakanova
Princess Tarakanova (c. 1745 – ) was a pretender to the Russian throne. She styled herself, among other names, ''Knyazhna Yelizaveta Vladimirskaya'' (Princess of Vladimir), ''Fräulein Frank'', and ''Madame Trémouille''. Tarakanova ('' ...
'' (1910)
* ''
Princess Tarakanova
Princess Tarakanova (c. 1745 – ) was a pretender to the Russian throne. She styled herself, among other names, ''Knyazhna Yelizaveta Vladimirskaya'' (Princess of Vladimir), ''Fräulein Frank'', and ''Madame Trémouille''. Tarakanova ('' ...
'' (1938)
* ''
Shadow of the Eagle'' (1950)
* ''
The Rival of the Empress
''The Rival of the Empress'' (Italian: ''La rivale dell'imperatrice'') is a 1951 Italian historical adventure film directed by Jacopo Comin and Sidney Salkow and starring Richard Greene, Valentina Cortese and Isa Pola. A separate English-langu ...
'' (1951)
References
Bibliography
* Powrie, Phil & Rebillard, Éric. ''Pierre Batcheff and stardom in 1920s French cinema''. Edinburgh University Press, 2009
External links
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1930 films
1930s historical drama films
French historical drama films
1930s French-language films
Films directed by Raymond Bernard
Films set in Russia
Films set in the 18th century
French black-and-white films
Films about Catherine the Great
1930s French films
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