Sergey DreydenThe Stranger (The Marquis de Custine) Mariya KuznetsovaCatherine The Great Mikhail PiotrovskySelf (Hermitage Director) Edisher (Davit) GiorgobianiOrbeli Aleksandr ChabanBoris Piotrovsky Artyom StrelnikovTalented Boy Tamara KurenkovaSelf (Blind Woman) Maxim SergeevPeter the Great Natalya NikulenkoCatherine the Great Konstantin AnisimovFirst Cavalier Aleksey BarabashSecond Cavalier Ilya ShakunovThird Cavalier Aleksandr KulikovFourth Cavalier Anna AleksakhinaAlexandra Feodorovna, Wife of Nicholas II Vladimir BaranovNicholas II Anna AntonelliPrincess Anastasia Valentin BukinMilitary Official Svetlana GaytanMuseum Custodian Vadim GushchinGrandee of Catherine the Great Kirill DateshidzeMaster of Ceremonies Mikhail DorofeevFirst Card Player Valentina EgorenkovaMaid of Honor of Catherine the Great Oleg EfremovMuseum Official Sergei LosevCourt Official Vadim LobanovLord Chamberlain Vladimir LisetskyCourt Minister Aleksandr MalnykinServant of Peter the Great Kirill MillerCourt Official Viktor MikhaylovCourt Official Sergey MuchenikovMuseum Official Sergey NadporozhskiyCourt Official Yuriy OrlovGrandee of Catherine the Great Aleksandr RazbashMuseum Official Boris SmolkinChancellor Nesselrode Evgeny FilatovSecond Card Player Yuri KhomutyanskyInsane Italian Anatoliy ShvederskiyMarshall Svetlana SvirkoAlexandra Feodorovna, Wife of Nicholas I Konstantin MukhinThe Counterman Sasha DurpfenMarie Sinclair (as Sandra Orlow) Eyyup Can UlasJohn (voice) Aleksandr SokurovThe Time Traveller (voice / uncredited) / Director / Writer Svetlana SmirnovaWidow (uncredited) Oleg LosevCourt Official (uncredited) Vladimir SevostyanikhinUnder-tutor of the Heir Aleksandr SokurovThe Time Traveller (voice / uncredited) / Director / Writer Vladimir PlyatskovskyProducer Natalya KocherginaArt Direction Elena ZhukovaArt Direction Tilman BüttnerDirector Of Photography Bernd FischerAdditional Director Of Photography Anatoliy RodionovAdditional Director Of Photography Maria GrishanovaCostume Design Lidiya KryukovaCostume Design Tamara SeferyanCostume Design Leda SemyonovaScript Supervisor Marina KorenevaAssistant Director Sergei YevtushenkoOriginal Music Composer Manfred ArbterSound Re-Recording Mixer Tatyana KomarovaCasting Director Kai WoytkeDigital Compositor Svetlana ProskurinaDialogue 
