

Secrets of Palace coup d'etat. Russia, 18th century. Film №2. Testament Empress (2000)
Having enthroned the wife of Peter the Great and his mistress Catherine I, Menshikov receives unlimited power, thereby causing envy and indignation of his former allies in the coup. Taking advantage of his absence, they are plotting against His Serene Highness. But once again, luck accompanies the brave darling of fortune: having received a warning of mortal danger, he escapes arrest and enters the boudoir of the Empress.
Cast

Natalya Yegorova
Catherine I

Sergey Shakurov
Alexander Menshikov

Nina Ruslanova
Anna Ioannovna

Aleksandr Lazarev Jr.
Ernst Johann von Biron

Andrey Mezhulis
Carl Frederick of Sweden

Fyodor Dobronravov
Федор Суров (Fyodor Surov)

Vladimir Soshalsky
General Saltykov

Andrei Davydov
Anton de Vieira

Vladimir Ilin
Andrey Osterman

Dmitriy Kharatyan
Ivan Dolgorukov

Yelizaveta Nikishchikhina
Kammer-Frau Kramer

Yuriy Stoskov
Ivan Buturlin

Anna Shtukaturova
Anna Leopoldovna (in childhood)

Valery Svetlov
little person 2

Valeriy Ivakov

Pavel Makhotin

Yuriy Sokolov

Vladimir Shikhov