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Cast & Crew
Directed By
Written By
- Boris Khaimsky
- dialogue
- Anatoli Nikiforov
- written by
- Svetlana Proskurina
- dialogue
- Aleksandr Sokurov
- dialogue / written by
Cast
- Sergey Dreyden
- The Stranger (The Marquis de Custine)
- Mariya Kuznetsova
- Catherine The Great
- Leonid Mozgovoy
- The Spy
- Mikhail Piotrovsky
- Self (Hermitage Director)
- David Giorgobiani
- Orbeli
- Aleksandr Chaban
- Boris Piotrovsky
- Lev Eliseev
- Self
- Oleg Khmelnitsky
- Self
- Alla Osipenko
- Self
- Artyom Strelnikov
- Talented Boy
- Tamara Kurenkova
- Self (Blind Woman)
- Maksim Sergeev
- Peter the Great
- Natalya Nikulenko
- Catherine the Great
- Elena Rufanova
- First Lady
- Yelena Spiridonova
- Second Lady
- Konstantin Anisimov
- First Cavalier
- Aleksey Barabash
- Second Cavalier
- Ilya Shakunov
- Third Cavalier
- Anna Aleksakhina
- Alexandra Fyodorovna, Wife of Nicholas II
- Vladimir Baranov
- Nicholas II
- 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
- Sergey 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
- Vladimir Sevostyanikhin
- Under-Tutor of the Heir
- Boris Smolkin
- Chancellor Nesselrode
- Evgeniy Filatov
- Second Card Player
- Yuri Khomutyansky
- Insane Italian
- Anatoliy Shvederskiy
- Marshall
- Valery Gergiev
- Conductor
- The State Hermitage Orchestra
- Orchestra
- Igor Volkov
- Ambassador
- Michail Karavayev
- Seaman
- Konstantin Mukhin
- The Counterman
- Svetlana Svirko
- Alexandra Fedorovna, Wife of Nicholas I
Produced By
- Oliver Damian
- line producer: Egoli Tossell Film AG
- Andrey Deryabin
- producer
- Viktor Gaylyunas
- line producer: Hermitage Bridge Studio
- John Hamilton
- co-producer
- Larissa Maevokaya
- assistant producer: Hermitage Bridge Studio
- Jens Meurer
- producer
- Vladimir Plyatskovsky
- assistant producer: Hermitage Bridge Studio
- David Reckziegel
- co-producer
- Andrey Shatilov
- assistant producer: Hermitage Bridge Studio
- Karsten Stöter
- producer
- Christiane Thieme
- assistant producer: Egoli Tossell Film AG
- Tatyana Tverskaya
- assistant producer: Hermitage Bridge Studio
- Alla Tyaglova
- assistant producer: Hermitage Bridge Studio
- Alla Verlotsky
- associate producer
Music
Cinematography
- Tilman Büttner
- director of photography
Sound
- Manfred Arbter
- re-recording mixer
- Valerio Brini
- adr recordist
- Edgar Figner
- foley artist
- Sergey Figner
- foley artist
- Sergey Moshkov
- sound
- Vladimir Persov
- sound
Casting Director
Art Direction
Makeup
- Inna Agapova
- makeup artist
- I. Bashkirova
- makeup artist
- Yekaterina Beschastnaya
- makeup artist
- Irina Braninova
- makeup artist
- Lyudmila Chumakova
- makeup artist
- I. Deineko
- wig maker
- G. Finogenova
- makeup artist
- T. Friday
- makeup artist
- Tatiana Gerkus
- makeup artist
- V. Goncharova
- wig maker
- N. Gorina
- wig maker
- Natalya Grachyova
- makeup artist
- Olga Grebeniuk
- makeup artist
- Tatina Ilyina
- makeup artist
- Vadim Khalaimov
- makeup artist
- Yu. Khramtsova
- makeup artist
- N. Kolodeznikova
- makeup artist
- E. Kostenich
- wig maker
- Lyudmila Kozinets
- makeup artist
- Yelena Kozlova
- makeup artist
- Natalya Krymskaya
- makeup artist
- Nadezhda Kuzmina
- makeup artist
- Marina Lebedeva
- wig maker
- Klavdiya Malysh
- makeup artist
- K. Mamkina
- makeup artist
- Y. Mezerina
- wig maker
- I. Nadeikina
- makeup artist
- Valeriya Nikulina
- makeup artist
- L. Novozhilova
- wig maker
- A. Nudel
- makeup artist
- Tatyana Pavlova
- makeup artist
- B. Perkatova
- wig maker
- Svetlana Rassokhina
- makeup artist
- Natalya Ratkevich
- makeup artist
- Zhanna Rodionova
- makeup department head
- Liliya Rusetskaya
- makeup artist
- Olga Ryzhikova
- wig maker
- Olga Shamkovich
- makeup artist
- Olga Smirnova
- makeup artist
- Julia Sémerenko
- makeup artist
- I. Tomilina
- wig maker
- T. Varukhina
- makeup artist
- I. Vasileva
- makeup artist
- Yelena Vasilyeva
- makeup artist
- Tatyana Vavilova
- wig maker
- Anzhela Yershova
- makeup artist
- Katya Zheleikina
- makeup artist
Special Effects
- A. Alexeyev
- special effects
- Y. Epstein
- special effects
- Timur Gordin
- special effects
- M. Khatsarevich
- special effects
- Vladimir Khromov
- special effects
- Anatoliy Kudryavtsev
- special effects
- Vladimir Ponikarovsky
- special effects
- V. Valeulov
- special effects
- Dmitry Voronov
- special effects
- Yury Vybornov
- special effects
Visual Effects
- Florian Schroeder
- film recording operator
- Patrick Wilfert
- inferno artist
- Kai Woytke
- digital compositor
Assistant Director
- Marina Koreneva
- second assistant director
Production Management
- Sergei Beck
- assistant production manager: Hermitage Bridge Studio
- Benny Drechsel
- post-production manager: Egoli Tossell Film AG
- Katrin Springer
- production manager: Egoli Tossell Film AG
- Mikhail Vavilov
- production manager: Hermitage Bridge Studio
- Maxim Volodin
- assistant production manager: Hermitage Bridge Studio
Art Department
- David Guido Pietroni
- Art Consultant
Animation
- Leda Semyonova
- timing
Editorial
- Stefan Ciupek
- digital colorist
Other
- Oleg Akimushkin
- special thanks
- Ali Bairov
- special thanks
- Alexey Belinsky
- special thanks: Military and Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineering and Communication Troops
- Anna Bibich
- special thanks
- Dominik Bollen
- special thanks
- Andrey Dzherikhov
- special thanks: Company HEPRY
- Tamerlan Dzhussoyev
- special thanks
- Hans Robert Eisenhauer
- special thanks
- Aleksandr Golutva
- special thanks
- Peter Goreglyad
- special thanks: Military and Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineering and Communication Troops
- Petra Hartfeil
- special thanks
- Uwe Herpich
- special thanks
- Vera Ishimova
- special thanks
- Nobuo Isobe
- special thanks
- Klaus Keil
- special thanks
- Valery Krylov
- special thanks: Military and Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineering and Communication Troops
- Alexander Kulinsky
- special thanks: Military and Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineering and Communication Troops
- Sergey Lazaruk
- special thanks
- Nikolay Lomakin
- special thanks: Military and Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineering and Communication Troops
- Elisabeth Marschan
- special thanks
- Alexander Mityayev
- special thanks: Military and Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineering and Communication Troops
- Nikolay Nagorsky
- special thanks: The State Museum "Tsarskoje Selo"
- Algis Paulavichous
- special thanks
- Olga Preobrazhenskaya
- special thanks
- Sabine Rollberg
- special thanks
- Andrey Samoilov
- special thanks: Company HEPRY
- Ivan Sautov
- special thanks: The State Museum "Tsarskoje Selo"
- Manfred Schmidt
- special thanks
- Martin Scorsese
- special thanks: for support
- Igor Taubin
- special thanks: Military and Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineering and Communication Troops
- Alexandra Tuchinskaya
- special thanks
- Sergey Turkin
- special thanks
- Nika Velekzhaninova
- special thanks: St. Petersburg State Enterprise Tsarkoselsky Fund of Culture Development
- Eila Werning
- special thanks
- Meinolf Zurhorst
- special thanks
Camera Department
- Igor Adartsevich
- gaffer
- V. Amosenko
- gaffer
- Dmitri Amossenko
- gaffer
- Y. Anoschenko
- gaffer
- Aleksandr Antipov
- gaffer
- Kirill Azriel
- gaffer
- A. Bebyakin
- gaffer
- C. Bebyakin
- gaffer
- Aleksandr Belyaev
- gaffer
- A. Bubnov
- gaffer
- Tilman Büttner
- steadicam operator
- I. Chernova
- gaffer
- Stefan Ciupek
- camera supervisor: high definition camera
- I. Drozdov
- gaffer
- A. Ermilov
- gaffer
- Bernd Fischer
- supervising cinematographer
- Roman Gafari
- gaffer
- V. Gladkikh
- gaffer
- F. Goncharov
- gaffer
- Konstantin Gurtiev
- gaffer
- A. Kaluga
- gaffer
- Konstantin Kankava
- gaffer
- K. Karpovich
- gaffer
- N. Katromin
- gaffer
- I. Khakimov
- gaffer
- S. Kisilev
- gaffer
- Y. Kochan
- gaffer
- S. Kolesov
- gaffer
- F. Korovikovsky
- gaffer
- Konstantin Kostin
- gaffer
- Nikolai Lebedev
- gaffer
- Y. Lebedev
- gaffer
- A. Lomakin
- gaffer
- M. Lukashin
- gaffer
- D. Lyakishev
- gaffer
- E. Martyanov
- gaffer
- A. Mazur
- gaffer
- Aleksandr Mazur
- lighting technician
- Pavel Olekhnovich
- gaffer
- M. Orlov
- gaffer
- N. Petrova
- gaffer
- V. Polovnikov
- gaffer
- Anatoliy Rodionov
- supervising cinematographer
- Andre Schweider
- focus puller
- K. Seleznyov
- gaffer
- Y. Semirenko
- gaffer
- D. Shigapov
- gaffer
- D. Sokolov
- gaffer
- Oleg Tretyakov
- gaffer
- S. Urayev
- gaffer
- N. Vasilyev
- gaffer
- A. Verbin
- gaffer
- K. Vinogradov
- gaffer
- Sergei Vinogradov
- gaffer
- A. Volokushin
- gaffer
- S. Volokushin
- gaffer
- S. Yerokhin
- gaffer
- V. Zakharov
- gaffer
Script Department
- Leda Semyonova
- continuity
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