The Empresses
2023, Russian. Directed by Andrei Kravchuk.
Little Elizabeth thought her future was predestined: she was to marry Louis XV and become the Queen of France – that was the promise given to her by her father, Emperor of Russia Peter the Great. When Peter dies in 1725 without naming a successor, an era of palace coups and power struggles begins in Russia. For some tumultuous years it remains to be seen whether the young Russian Empire and its new capital St. Petersburg would stand, and what future lies in store for the country of Russia. Peter's widow, Catherine I, becomes Empress - the first woman to rule Imperial Russia. She wishes to fulfil the promise her late husband had given to their daughter, but fails. Young Louis XV refuses to marry Elizabeth after learning that she was born before her parents were officially married. That, in his eyes, made her illegitimate.
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- 1h 50m
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- Released
- 26 October 2023
- Original title
- Императрицы
- Country
- Russia
- Written by
- Andrei Kravchuk, Anton Cherenkov, Andrei Rubanov
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Watch Peter I: The Last Tsar and the First Emperor (2022) first.
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The Empresses runs 110 minutes (1h 50m).
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The Empresses isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 26 October 2023. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Empresses?
The Empresses (2023) was directed by Andrei Kravchuk and stars Yulia Peresild, Ivan Kolesnikov, Igor Gordin.