During the 18th century, the empress of Russia Catherine the Great sends her lover Count Alexei Orloff to kidnap her rival for the throne, the pretender Elizabeth, Princess Tarakanova, from Venice. However, Orloff ends up falling in love with the princess.
Count Alexei Orloff
Princess Tarakanova
Countess Loradona Campaniello
Empress Catherine
General Korsakoff
Sargeant Sergei Nikolsky
Prince Radziwiłł
Vaska
Elizabeth's maid
