SEE LAVISH TRAILER FOR CATHERINE THE GREAT HIGH END HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY MOVIE ON THE RUSSIAN EMPRESS

    CATHERINE THE GREAT  

TRAILER FOR EPIC NEW DOCUMENTARY MOVIE

The movie is out in Russian cinemas next month

We have seen a number of films and shows on the Russian tsarina, but now February 20th is bringing CATHERINE THE GREAT (Екатерина Великая) lavish high end documentary movie which mixes documentary narrative with live action scenes into Russian cinemas as the continuation of the documentary franchise that includes Peter I: The First and the Last and Empresses. Directed by famous Andrey Kravchuk, it sees Anna Mikhalkova, Olga Lerman, who play the older and younger Catherine, and Victor Dobronravov in the lead roles.

WHAT IS THE STORY OF THE NEW MOVIE?

After the era of palace coups, a new bright historical figure will appear - Catherine II. Like many, she could limit herself to the title of the emperor’s wife, but with her perseverance and determination, Catherine was able to prove that her place was on the throne. At the age of 14, she learned that she was to become the bride of Peter III and the mother of the future heir. These statuses did not worry Catherine much; her cherished dream was to rule: she saw the potential of the Russian Empire and wanted to embody the ideas of enlightenment in it. Are Catherine's ideals destined to become reality? And will her ideas turn against her?

 

SEE EXCLUSIVE 1ST IMAGES OF YULIYA PERESILD AS TZARINA ELIZABETH OF RUSSIA IN NEW HISTORICAL MOVIE THE EMPRESSES! RYURIK EPIC SAGA ON RUSSIA'S 1ST DYNASTY

  FIRST YULIYA PERESILD 

IMAGES AS EMPRESS ELIZABETH

Here is an exclusive for you today, my spylings: you are the first one to see, outside of sweet mother Russia, the first images of wildly gorgeous Yuliya Peresild as empress Elizabeth of Russia. The images are from the

Yuliya Peresild as Elizabeth of Russia

upcoming new historical movie THE EMPRESSES (Императрицы) directed and penned by famous Andrey Kravchuk who previously gave us glorious epic movies The Admiral, Viking, Union of Salvation and Peter I: The Last Tsar (with this film effectively being the sequel or a continuation of that one). As you know Elisabeth or Elizaveta was the daughter of Peter the Great, but it took her almost two decades to inherit her father's throne as the period after his death was marked by a long turmoil which saw four people ruling Russia, among them three women, including Elisabeth's mother Catherine I who was the first ever empress of Russia.  After ascending to the throne finally in 1741 at the age of 33, Elisabeth ruled the vast empire for almost two decades and was then succeeded by her daughter in law Catherine the Great. Scheduled to premiere on October 26th, the film also stars Ivan Kolesnikov as Peter I, Igor Gordin, Anna Ukolova, Eduard Orlov and others.

 

   THE STORY OF THE FILM

After the death of Peter the Great, the era of palace coups begins - a time of intrigue and a struggle for power. Little Elizabeth already knows that the world is not a wish-granting factory. She is not destined to become the queen of France, because after the death of Peter I, Louis XV breaks all past agreements. And for the throne of the Russian Empire there is a real struggle, and no one even jokingly considers the candidacy of the young princess. The movie will show how the empire changed along with the change of heads of state. Why did it turn out to be an impossible task for many to continue the work of Peter I? What price will Elizabeth Petrovna, the youngest daughter of the great monarch, have to pay to take her place in history? And what can a woman on the throne give Russia? The title of the film is in plural because it will also cover the rule of Catherine I (Kseniya Utekhina) and Anna Ivanovna. After the rule of Peter the Great, Russia was ruled for 70 years by women, even though before him there were no females at the throne. Stay tuned as I will be covering more international period set projects in the upcoming weeks.

 

  RYURIK EPIC SERIES  

ON FIRST RUSSIAN DYNASTY

Ryrik will be an eight part historical saga

Speaking of wonderful Andrey Kravchuk, he is currently also preparing eight part historical series RYURIK (Рюрик)! The story begins in the IX century at Lake Ladoga just across from Scandinavia at dark and troubled time of mages and witches, callous gods and ancestral curses, princes and knights, betrayal, feasts and bloody wars. Such time calls for a true hero, Rorik, the slave who grew up in exile without a father, in poverty and contempt, the descendant of the Vikings and the initiator of the first great Russian royal dynasty. The boy destined to become the ruler and influence the history of the world.