Filmmakers
Above the lineAS
Director
Aleksandr Sokurov
AS
Screenplay
Aleksandr Sokurov
Writer
AN
Screenplay
Anatoly Nikiforov
Writer
TB
Cinematography
Tilman Büttner
Director of Photography
SC
Editing
Stefan Ciupek
Editor
SI
Editing
Sergey Ivanov
Editor
BK
Editing
Betina Kuntzsch
Editor
SY
Music
Sergei Yevtushenko
Original Music Composer
LK
Costume Design
Lidiya Kryukova
TS
Costume Design
Tamara Seferyan
MG
Costume Design
Maria Grishanova
Cast
131SD
Sergey Dreyden
Marquis de Custine
MK
Mariya Kuznetsova
Catherine The Great
LM
Leonid Mozgovoy
The Spy
MP
Mikhail Piotrovsky
Hermitage director
EG
Edisher (Davit) Giorgobiani
Orbeli
AC
Aleksandr Chaban
Boris Piotrovsky
LE
Lev Eliseev
Self
OK
Oleg Khmelnitsky
Self
AO
Alla Osipenko
Self
AS
Artyom Strelnikov
talented boy
TK
Tamara Kurenkova
blind woman
MS
Maxim Sergeev
Peter the Great
NN
Natalya Nikulenko
Catherine the Great
ER
Elena Rufanova
First Lady
EK
Elena Kramer
Second Lady
KA
Konstantin Anisimov
First Cavalier
AB
Aleksey Barabash
Second Cavalier
IS
Ilya Shakunov
Third Cavalier
AK
Aleksandr Kulikov
Fourth Cavalier
AA
Anna Aleksakhina
Alexandra Feodorovna - wife of Nicholas II
VB
Vladimir Baranov
Nicholas II
AA
Anna Antonelli
Princess Anastasia
VB
Valentin Bukin
Military Official
SG
Svetlana Gaytan
Museum Custodian
VG
Vadim Gushchin
Grandee of Catherine the Great
KD
Kirill Dateshidze
Master of Ceremonies
MD
Mikhail Dorofeev
First Card Player
VE
Valentina Egorenkova
Maid of Honor of Catherine the Great
OE
Oleg Efremov
Museum Official
SL
Sergei Losev
Court Official
VL
Vadim Lobanov
Lord Chamberlain
VL
Vladimir Lisetsky
Court Minister
AM
Aleksandr Malnykin
Servant of Peter the Great
KM
Kirill Miller
Court Official
VM
Viktor Mikhaylov
Court Official
SM
Sergey Muchenikov
Museum Official
SN
Sergey Nadporozhskiy
Court Official
YO
Yuriy Orlov
Grandee of Catherine the Great
AR
Aleksandr Razbash
Museum Official
BS
Boris Smolkin
Chancellor Nesselrode
EF
Evgeny Filatov
Second Card Player
YK
Yuri Khomutyansky
Insane Italian
AS
Anatoliy Shvederskiy
Marshall
VG
Valery Gergiev
Conductor
IV
Igor Volkov
Ambassador
SS
Svetlana Svirko
Alexandra Feodorovna - wife of Nicholas I
KM
Konstantin Mukhin
The Counterman
SD
Sasha Durpfen
Marie Sinclair
YA
Yuriy Ageykin
AA
Alexandr Andreev
DA
Dmitri Alexandrov
AA
Alexander Alexeev
AA
Andrey Arshinnikov
IA
Ismat Ashurov
AA
Artashes Aleksanyan
DB
Dmitri Bekoyev
OP
Oleg Palmov
AT
Aleksandr Tsybulsky
AP
Aleksandr Petrov
SR
Serhii Romaniuk
NG
Nikolay Gravshin
KD
Konstantin Demidov
AD
Anatoly Dubanov
AE
Aleksey Emelyanov
DZ
Dmitriy Zebrov
YI
Yefim Ioffe
OK
Olga Kalmykova
VK
Valentina Kasyanova
YK
Yuriy Kalugin
VK
Valeri Kozinets
AK
Aleksei Krymov
IO
Igor Okrepilov
IO
Irina Osnovina
VS
Valeri Smolyakov
BS
Boris Sokolov
NF
Nikolay Fedortsov
VF
Valeriy Filonov
DK
Darya Khudyakova
VC
Vladimir Chernyshov
AS
Andrey Shchepochkin
AA
Anya Antonelly
EB
Egor Bakulin
OB
Olga Belyavskaya
MG
Mark Gavrilov
YG
Yekaterina Gorokhovskaya
AE
Anna Ekaterininskaya
SY
Sergey Yelikov
AK
Aleksandra Kulikova
NK
Nataliya Kadochnikova
ML
Mariya Lavrova
MM
Maria Mescheryakova
AM
Artur Mkrtchyan
AO
Aleksey Oding
AO
Alla Oding
KP
Kirill Petrov
RP
Rodion Prikhodko
AR
Andrey Rodimov
YR
Yuliya Rudina
ES
Elena Simonova
KU
Kirill Ulyanov
AF
Aleksey Fedkin
BK
Boris Khasanov
RT
Rosina Tsidulko
YS
Yuliya Shubareva
SN
Svetlana Nemirovskaya
VT
Vsevolod Tsurilo
NT
Nataliya Tarynycheva
KF
Khelga Filippova
VM
Vyacheslav Manucharov
ES
Elena Savelieva
AD
Anna Dyukova
IB
Igor Besschastnov
AV
Aleksey Vasilev
MT
Mikhail Terentyev
MS
Mikhail Sharautin
SP
Sergey Peregudov
YG
Yuliya Gorshenina
GA
Gali Abaydulov
RR
Roman Rolbin
PK
Pavel Kornakov
AK
Aleksandr Karpov
VB
Vladimir Belovolsky
AB
Alexander Balonin
GB
Galina Burkina
EU
Eyyup Can Ulas
John (voice)
AS
Aleksandr Sokurov
The Time Traveller (voice / uncredited)
SS
Svetlana Smirnova
Widow (uncredited)
OL
Oleg Losev
Court Official (uncredited)
PB
Philipp Baron
VS
Vladimir Sevostyanikhin
Under-tutor of the Heir
YM
Yulian Makarov
Departments
26Production
- Tatyana KomarovaCasting Director
- Oliver DamianProducer
- Andrew ColtonProducer
- Vladimir PlyatskovskyProducer
- John HamiltonProducer
- Alla VerlotskyProducer
- Jens MeurerProducer
- Andrey DeryabinProducer
- Karsten StöterProducer
Camera
- Bernd FischerAdditional Director of Photography
- Anatoliy RodionovAdditional Director of Photography
- Stefan CiupekCamera Supervisor
- Tilman BüttnerSteadicam Operator
Sound
- Edgar FignerFoley
- Sergey FignerFoley
- Sergey MoshkovSound
- Vladimir PersovSound
- Manfred ArbterSound Re-Recording Mixer
Art
- Elena ZhukovaArt Direction
- Natalya KocherginaArt Direction
Visual Effects
- Kai WoytkeDigital Compositor
Writing
- Svetlana ProskurinaDialogue
- Boris KhaimskyDialogue
- Aleksandr SokurovDialogue
Directing
- Marina KorenevaAssistant Director
- Leda SemyonovaScript Supervisor