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