A ghost and a French marquis wander through the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, encountering scenes from many different periods of its history.
Cast
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
Evgeny Filatov
Second Card Player
Yuri Khomutyansky
Insane Italian
Anatoliy Shvederskiy
Marshall
Valery Gergiev
Conductor
Igor Volkov
Ambassador
Svetlana Svirko
Alexandra Feodorovna, Wife of Nicholas I
Konstantin Mukhin
The Counterman
Sasha Durpfen
Marie Sinclair (as Sandra Orlow)
Yuriy Ageykin
Unknown
Alexandr Andreev
Unknown
Dmitri Alexandrov
Unknown
Alexander Alexeev
Unknown
Andrey Arshinnikov
Unknown
Ismat Ashurov
Unknown
Artashes Aleksanyan
Unknown
Dmitri Bekoyev
Unknown
Oleg Palmov
Unknown
Aleksandr Tsybulsky
Unknown
Aleksandr Petrov
Unknown
Serhii Romaniuk
Unknown
Nikolay Gravshin
Unknown
Konstantin Demidov
Unknown
Anatoly Dubanov
Unknown
Aleksey Emelyanov
Unknown
Dmitriy Zebrov
Unknown
Yefim Ioffe
Unknown
Olga Kalmykova
Unknown
Valentina Kasyanova
Unknown
Yuriy Kalugin
Unknown
Valeri Kozinets
Unknown
Aleksei Krymov
Unknown
Igor Okrepilov
Unknown
Irina Osnovina
Unknown
Valeri Smolyakov
Unknown
Boris Sokolov
Unknown
Nikolay Fedortsov
Unknown
Valeriy Filonov
Unknown
Darya Khudyakova
Unknown
Vladimir Chernyshov
Unknown
Andrey Shchepochkin
Unknown
Anya Antonelly
Unknown
Egor Bakulin
Unknown
Olga Belyavskaya
Unknown
Mark Gavrilov
Unknown
Yekaterina Gorokhovskaya
Unknown
Anna Ekaterininskaya
Unknown
Sergey Yelikov
Unknown
Aleksandra Kulikova
Unknown
Nataliya Kadochnikova
Unknown
Mariya Lavrova
Unknown
Maria Mescheryakova
Unknown
Artur Mkrtchyan
Unknown
Aleksey Oding
Unknown
Alla Oding
Unknown
Kirill Petrov
Unknown
Rodion Prikhodko
Unknown
Andrey Rodimov
Unknown
Yuliya Rudina
Unknown
Elena Simonova
Unknown
Kirill Ulyanov
Unknown
Aleksey Fedkin
Unknown
Boris Khasanov
Unknown
Rosina Tsidulko
Unknown
Yuliya Shubareva
Unknown
Svetlana Nemirovskaya
Unknown
Vsevolod Tsurilo
Unknown
Nataliya Tarynycheva
Unknown
Khelga Filippova
Unknown
Vyacheslav Manucharov
Unknown
Elena Savelieva
Unknown
Anna Dyukova
Unknown
Igor Besschastnov
Unknown
Aleksey Vasilev
Unknown
Mikhail Terentyev
Unknown
Mikhail Sharautin
Unknown
Sergey Peregudov
Unknown
Yuliya Gorshenina
Unknown
Gali Abaydulov
Unknown
Roman Rolbin
Unknown
Pavel Kornakov
Unknown
Aleksandr Karpov
Unknown
Vladimir Belovolsky
Unknown
Alexander Balonin
Unknown
Galina Burkina
Unknown
Eyyup Can Ulas
John (voice)
Aleksandr Sokurov
The Time Traveller (voice / uncredited)
Svetlana Smirnova
Widow (uncredited)
Oleg Losev
Court Official (uncredited)
Philipp Baron
Unknown
Vladimir Sevostyanikhin
Under-tutor of the Heir
Yulian Makarov
Unknown
Crew
Aleksandr Sokurov
Director, Writer, Dialogue
Anatoly Nikiforov
Writer
Stefan Ciupek
Editor, Camera Supervisor
Sergey Ivanov
Editor
Betina Kuntzsch
Editor
Tilman Büttner
Director of Photography, Steadicam Operator
Bernd Fischer
Additional Director of Photography
Anatoliy Rodionov
Additional Director of Photography
Marina Koreneva
Assistant Director
Oliver Damian
Producer
Andrew Colton
Producer
Vladimir Plyatskovsky
Producer
John Hamilton
Producer
Alla Verlotsky
Producer
Jens Meurer
Producer
Andrey Deryabin
Producer
Karsten Stöter
Producer
Tatyana Komarova
Casting Director
Lidiya Kryukova
Costume Design
Tamara Seferyan
Costume Design
Maria Grishanova
Costume Design
Manfred Arbter
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Sergey Moshkov
Sound
Vladimir Persov
Sound
Edgar Figner
Foley
Sergey Figner
Foley
Sergei Yevtushenko
Original Music Composer
Svetlana Proskurina
Dialogue
Boris Khaimsky
Dialogue
Leda Semyonova
Script Supervisor
Kai Woytke
Digital Compositor
Elena Zhukova
Art Direction
Natalya Kochergina
Art Direction
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