Russian Ark

Konstantin Demidov Aleksandr Razbash as Museum Official Yuriy Kalugin Sergey Dreyden as The Stranger (The Marquis de Custine) Ilya Shakunov as Third Cavalier Valentin Bukin as Military Official Aleksandr Tsybulsky Nikolay Fedortsov Elena Simonova Sergey Peregudov Aleksey Barabash as Second Cavalier Yuriy Ageykin Artashes Aleksanyan Aleksey Oding Yuliya Gorshenina Edisher (Davit) Giorgobiani as Orbeli Aleksandr Kulikov as Fourth Cavalier Anna Dyukova Konstantin Anisimov as First Cavalier Yuriy Orlov as Grandee of Catherine the Great Dmitri Alexandrov Serhii Romaniuk Alla Osipenko as Self Valentina Egorenkova as Maid of Honor of Catherine the Great Darya Khudyakova Olga Belyavskaya Andrey Rodimov Mark Gavrilov Mariya Lavrova Aleksandr Karpov Svetlana Gaytan as Museum Custodian Sergei Losev as Court Official Valeri Kozinets Vsevolod Tsurilo Elena Kramer as Second Lady Mikhail Dorofeev as First Card Player Aleksandr Petrov Aleksey Fedkin Pavel Kornakov Oleg Efremov as Museum Official Aleksey Emelyanov Vladimir Chernyshov Maxim Sergeev as Peter the Great Aleksandr Sokurov as The Time Traveller (voice / uncredited) Leonid Mozgovoy as The Spy Andrey Shchepochkin Vyacheslav Manucharov Aleksandr Chaban as Boris Piotrovsky Olga Kalmykova Anna Aleksakhina as Alexandra Feodorovna, Wife of Nicholas II Kirill Dateshidze as Master of Ceremonies Anatoliy Shvederskiy as Marshall Igor Volkov as Ambassador Alexander Alexeev Nikolay Gravshin Igor Okrepilov Maria Mescheryakova Yuliya Rudina Boris Sokolov Alla Oding Rodion Prikhodko Yuliya Shubareva Mariya Kuznetsova as Catherine The Great Yefim Ioffe Dmitri Bekoyev Lev Eliseev as Self Viktor Mikhaylov as Court Official Irina Osnovina Svetlana Smirnova as Widow (uncredited) Philipp Baron Dmitriy Zebrov Valentina Kasyanova Anna Ekaterininskaya Khelga Filippova Igor Besschastnov Vadim Lobanov as Lord Chamberlain Vladimir Lisetsky as Court Minister Boris Smolkin as Chancellor Nesselrode Kirill Petrov Aleksey Vasilev Gali Abaydulov Vladimir Baranov as Nicholas II Sergey Muchenikov as Museum Official Boris Khasanov Evgeny Filatov as Second Card Player Anatoly Dubanov Egor Bakulin Yekaterina Gorokhovskaya Oleg Palmov Kirill Ulyanov Elena Rufanova as First Lady Kirill Miller as Court Official Vadim Gushchin as Grandee of Catherine the Great Valery Gergiev as Conductor

Aleksandr Sokurov Director, Writer, Dialogue Sergey Ivanov Editor Svetlana Proskurina Dialogue Elena Zhukova Art Direction Tatyana Komarova Casting Director