The Mad Empress

The Mad Empress (2025) is a Russian fantasy comedy you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Radda Novikova. Three St. Petersburg friends — Lera, Valya, and Olya — perform a ritual for a laugh. It works. Catherine the Great materializes in their kitchen, crown intact, surrounded by candles and extremely curious about everything around her.

She adapts fast: cappuccino approved, taxi app conquered, dance floor discovered on the first try. Irina Pegova, Angelina Strechina and Zoya Berber drive the 99-minute 18+ comedy at a relentless pace — the fun is real until reality quietly starts coming apart around them, and then it's something else entirely. Stream The Mad Empress (2025) online on iFILM.