The Mad Empress
5.3
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.
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Cast
11 people
Irina Pegova
Known for
Kitchenblock
The Crew
Angelina Strechina
Known for
Queen of Spades: Through the Looking Glass
Trigger
Zoya Berber
Known for
The Real Ass Boys
Trigger
Alisa Stasyuk
Also in
Inspector Gavrilov
Station No. 13
Kirill Zaytsev
Known for
Silver Skates
Mira
Fedor Gamaleya
Also in
Finist. The First Warrior
Trophy
Ilya Koletsky
Elizaveta Gureeva
Sergey Blednykh
Also in
Seagulls
The One Who Switches Off the Light
Ilya Staroselsky
Also in
I Don't Remember Anything.
NeuroVasya
Nikita Vladimirov
Also in
Doctor Lisa
Neophyte
Radda Novikova Director · Andrey Taratukhin Writer Elena Verner Writer
Worldwide gross $445K · First release December 4, 2025 · Produced in Russia
Box office
Worldwide gross
$444,877
Production
кинокомпания Никиты Владимирова
Production
Nashe Kino
Production
Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
Production
Russia
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Languages
Original title
Шальная императрица
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · December 4, 2025
Theatrical · Наше кино
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
January 2, 2026 · Digital
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