The Mad Empress
Dec 04, 2025
Director
Radda NovikovaOverview
St. Petersburg. Friends Lera, Valya, and Olya perform a mystical ritual for fun, and suddenly Catherine the Great herself materializes in the kitchen amidst the candles. The crowned empress quickly embraces the 21st century: she tries cappuccino, searches for the "Kareta" fare on a taxi app, and that night, she discovers a dance floor with a bang. The friends are delighted, until they notice that reality around them is beginning to shift.
Cast of The Mad Empress
Crew of The Mad Empress
Radda NovikovaDirector
Andrey TaratukhinWriter- Elena VernerWriter
Nikita VladimirovProducer- Maksim RogalskyProducer
- Vasily RovenskyProducer
- Olga GaluzinskayaProducer
- Nikolay ArtemyevProducer
- Konstantin PolikarpovProducer
- Igor StrelnikovProducer
Telman AkavovProducer- Oleg LitvinovProducer
- Sergey MikhailovProducer
Alla NykvistExecutive Producer- KaziOriginal Music Composer
- Vladimir SudakovOriginal Music Composer
Andrey DanelyanDirector of Photography
Svetlana MaklakovaEditor- Kseniya DemkinaProduction Design
- Viktoriya IgumnovaCostume Design
About The Mad Empress
What is The Mad Empress about?
St. Petersburg. Friends Lera, Valya, and Olya perform a mystical ritual for fun, and suddenly Catherine the Great herself materializes in the kitchen amidst the candles. The crowned empress quickly embraces the 21st century: she tries cappuccino, searches for the "Kareta" fare on a taxi app, and that night, she discovers a dance floor with a bang. The friends are delighted, until they notice…
When was The Mad Empress released?
The Mad Empress was released on December 4, 2025.
Who directed The Mad Empress?
The Mad Empress was directed by Radda Novikova.
Who is in the cast of The Mad Empress?
The cast of The Mad Empress includes Irina Pegova, Angelina Strechina, Zoya Berber, Alisa Stasyuk and Kirill Zaytsev.