---
title: 'Princess Tarakanova (1938)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Mario Soldati'
released: '1938-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 98
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/princess-tarakanova-1938'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030622/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Princess Tarakanova (1938)

1938 · 98 min · Drama · France, Italy

Original title: La principessa Tarakanova

## Synopsis

Princess 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Mario Soldati](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-soldati), [Fedor Ozep](https://cinepixo.com/people/fedor-ozep)
- **Screenplay:** [Mario Soldati](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-soldati), [Hans Jacoby](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-jacoby), [Henri Jeanson](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-jeanson)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Renzo Rossellini](https://cinepixo.com/people/renzo-rossellini)
- **Producer:** [Seymour Nebenzal](https://cinepixo.com/people/seymour-nebenzal)
- **Director of Photography:** [Massimo Terzano](https://cinepixo.com/people/massimo-terzano)
- **Editor:** [Ferdinando Maria Poggioli](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferdinando-maria-poggioli)

## Cast

- [Amedeo Trilli](https://cinepixo.com/people/amedeo-trilli)
- [Guglielmo Sinaz](https://cinepixo.com/people/guglielmo-sinaz)
- [Cesare Zoppetti](https://cinepixo.com/people/cesare-zoppetti)
- [Memo Benassi](https://cinepixo.com/people/memo-benassi)
- [Alberto Sordi](https://cinepixo.com/people/alberto-sordi)
- [René Bergeron](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-bergeron)
- [Roger Karl](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-karl)
- [Abel Jacquin](https://cinepixo.com/people/abel-jacquin)
- [Enrico Glori](https://cinepixo.com/people/enrico-glori)
- [Annie Vernay](https://cinepixo.com/people/annie-vernay) as Princess Tarakanoff
- [Janine Merrey](https://cinepixo.com/people/janine-merrey)
- [Antonio Centa](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonio-centa)
- [Suzy Prim](https://cinepixo.com/people/suzy-prim) as Catherine II of Russia
- [Georges Paulais](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-paulais)
- [Anna Magnani](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-magnani)

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