Catherine. The events in the film follow history authentically until the meeting of Princess Tarakanova and Orlov takes place, and the ending alters actual real-life events, in that Orlov rescues Tarakanova from prison in Russia in a daring raid and they live happily ever after. In 1990, an award-winning Soviet film production titled The Royal Hunt was released, directed by Vitaly Melnikov, based on a play by Leonid Zorin of the same title. It told the story of the life and adventures around Europe of Princess Tarakanova and the operation by Alexei Orlov to trick and capture her. She appears in Ekaterina TV series in Season 3: Impostors, portrayed by Angelina Strechina. References Sources Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Romanovs 1613–1918 External links 1745 births Tarakanova, Princess Tarakanova Tarakanova, Princess Russian people who died in prison custody Tuberculosis deaths in Russia Prisoners who died in Russian detention 18th-century people from the Russian Empire Prisoners of the Peter and Paul Fortress