In the summer of 2014, Channel One showed a three-part series " Kuprin ", where Klimova starred in a 4-episode film adaptation of the story " Duel " directed by Andrei Malyukov . The actress got a psychologically difficult supporting role - a seductive, flirtatious and dissolute mistress of the " "collection of buttons" ", a temptress of the young second lieutenant Romashov, a colleague who was chivalrous and tragically in love with his wife. According to critics, Klimova piercingly and authentically conveyed the inner essence of the frustrating character of Raisa Peterson; The strong side of the image of a young, but already experienced seducer in a duet with the romantic Nikita Efremov was the unbridled passionarity characteristic of the actress, the burning play of the eyes, sensual sign language and almost ballet plasticity. In the scene of the officers' picnic, Ekaterina performed a rarely-heard romance by E. St. George's “Why love, why suffer? ”, However, the operatic heights of Klimova this time did not submit. 