Russian Ark

Sergey Dreyden

The Stranger (The Marquis de Custine)

Mariya Kuznetsova

Catherine The Great

Leonid Mozgovoy

The Spy

Mikhail Piotrovsky

Self (Hermitage Director)

Edisher (Davit) Giorgobiani

Orbeli

Aleksandr Chaban

Boris Piotrovsky

Lev Eliseev

Self

Oleg Khmelnitsky

Self

Alla Osipenko

Self

Artyom Strelnikov

Talented Boy

Tamara Kurenkova

Self (Blind Woman)

Maxim Sergeev

Peter the Great

Natalya Nikulenko

Catherine the Great

Elena Rufanova

First Lady

Elena Kramer

Second Lady

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

Valery Gergiev

Conductor

Igor Volkov

Ambassador

Julian Makarov

Nicholas I

Svetlana Svirko

Alexandra Feodorovna, Wife of Nicholas I

Konstantin Mukhin

The Counterman

Sasha Durpfen

Marie Sinclair (as Sandra Orlow)

Yuriy Ageykin

Acting

Alexandr Andreev

Directing

Dmitri Alexandrov

Acting

Aleksandr Alekseev

Acting

Andrey Arshinnikov

Acting

Ismat Ashurov

Acting

Artashes Aleksanyan

Acting

Dmitri Bekoyev

Acting

Oleg Palmov

Acting

Aleksandr Tsybulsky

Acting

Aleksandr Petrov

Acting

Serhii Romaniuk

Acting

Nikolay Gravshin

Acting

Konstantin Demidov

Acting

Anatoly Dubanov

Acting

Aleksey Emelyanov

Acting

Dmitriy Zebrov

Acting

Yefim Ioffe

Acting

Olga Kalmykova

Acting

Valentina Kasyanova

Acting

Yuriy Kalugin

Acting

Valeri Kozinets

Acting

Aleksei Krymov

Acting

Igor Okrepilov

Acting

Irina Osnovina

Acting

Valeri Smolyakov

Acting

Boris Sokolov

Acting

Nikolai Fyodortsov

Acting

Valeriy Filonov

Acting

Darya Khudyakova

Directing

Vladimir Chernyshov

Acting

Andrey Shchepochkin

Acting

Anya Antonelly

Acting

Egor Bakulin

Acting

Olga Belyavskaya

Acting

Mark Gavrilov

Acting

Yekaterina Gorokhovskaya

Acting

Anna Ekaterininskaya

Acting

Sergey Yelikov

Acting

Aleksandra Kulikova

Acting

Nataliya Kadochnikova

Acting

Mariya Lavrova

Acting

Maria Mescheryakova

Acting

Artur Mkrtchyan

Sound

Aleksey Oding

Acting

Alla Oding

Acting

Kirill Petrov

Acting

Rodion Prikhodko

Acting

Andrey Rodimov

Acting

Yuliya Rudina

Acting

Elena Simonova

Acting

Kirill Ulyanov

Acting

Aleksey Fedkin

Acting

Boris Khasanov

Acting

Rosina Tsidulko

Acting

Yuliya Shubareva

Acting

Svetlana Nemirovskaya

Acting

Vsevolod Tsurilo

Acting

Nataliya Tarynycheva

Acting

Khelga Filippova

Acting

Vyacheslav Manucharov

Acting

Elena Savelieva

Acting

Anna Dyukova

Acting

Igor Besschastnov

Acting

Aleksey Vasilev

Acting

Mikhail Terentyev

Acting

Mikhail Sharautin

Acting

Sergey Peregudov

Acting

Yuliya Gorshenina

Acting

Gali Abaydulov

Acting

Roman Rolbin

Acting

Pavel Kornakov

Acting

Aleksandr Karpov

Acting

Vladimir Belovolsky

Acting

Alexander Balonin

Acting

Galina Burkina

Acting

Eyyup Can Ulas

John (voice)

Aleksandr Sokurov

The Time Traveller (voice / uncredited)

Svetlana Smirnova

Widow (uncredited)

Oleg Losev

Court Official (uncredited)

Filipp Baron

Acting

Vladimir Sevostyanikhin

Under-tutor of the Heir