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Princess Tarakanova (1938 film)

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Princess Tarakanova
Directed byMario Soldati
Fyodor Otsep
Written byJacques Companéez
André Lang
Evelina Levi
Hans Jacoby
Henri Jeanson
Ladislao Vajda
Mario Soldati
Produced byRobert Dandi
Seymour Nebenzal
StarringAnnie Vernay
Pierre Richard-Willm
Roger Karl
Suzy Prim
CinematographyCurt Courant
Massimo Terzano
Edited byGeorges Friedland
Ferdinando Maria Poggioli
Music byRenzo Rossellini
Antonio Veretti
Riccardo Zandonai
Production
companies
Chronos Films
Nero Film
SAFI
Distributed byEIA
Les Distributeurs Associés
Release date
  • 16 March 1938 (1938-03-16)
Running time
95 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
LanguagesFrench
Italian

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.[1] 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.

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References

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  1. ^ Moliterno p.303

Bibliography

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  • Moliterno, Gino. The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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