Sergey Dreyden
The Stranger (The Marquis de Custine)
Mariya Kuznetsova
Catherine The Great
Mikhail Piotrovsky
Self (Hermitage Director)
Edisher (Davit) Giorgobiani
Orbeli
Aleksandr Chaban
Boris Piotrovsky
Artyom Strelnikov
Talented Boy
Tamara Kurenkova
Self (Blind Woman)
Maxim Sergeev
Peter the Great
Natalya Nikulenko
Catherine the Great
Konstantin Anisimov
First Cavalier
Aleksey Barabash
Second Cavalier
Ilya Shakunov
Third Cavalier
Aleksandr Kulikov
Fourth Cavalier
Anna Aleksakhina
Alexandra Feodorovna, Wife of Nicholas II
Vladimir Baranov
Nicholas II
Anna Antonelli
Princess Anastasia
Valentin Bukin
Military Official
Svetlana Gaytan
Museum Custodian
Vadim Gushchin
Grandee of Catherine the Great
Kirill Dateshidze
Master of Ceremonies
Mikhail Dorofeev
First Card Player
Valentina Egorenkova
Maid of Honor of Catherine the Great
Oleg Efremov
Museum Official
Sergei Losev
Court Official
Vadim Lobanov
Lord Chamberlain
Vladimir Lisetsky
Court Minister
Aleksandr Malnykin
Servant of Peter the Great
Kirill Miller
Court Official
Viktor Mikhaylov
Court Official
Sergey Muchenikov
Museum Official
Sergey Nadporozhskiy
Court Official
Yuriy Orlov
Grandee of Catherine the Great
Aleksandr Razbash
Museum Official
Boris Smolkin
Chancellor Nesselrode
Evgeniy Filatov
Second Card Player
Yuri Khomutyansky
Insane Italian
Anatoliy Shvederskiy
Marshall
Svetlana Svirko
Alexandra Feodorovna, Wife of Nicholas I
Konstantin Mukhin
The Counterman
Sasha Durpfen
Marie Sinclair (as Sandra Orlow)
Eyyup Can Ulas
John (voice)
Aleksandr Sokurov
The Time Traveller (voice / uncredited)
Svetlana Smirnova
Widow (uncredited)
Oleg Losev
Court Official (uncredited)
Vladimir Sevostyanikhin
Under-tutor of the Heir