Russian Ark
A ghost and a French marquis wander through the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, encountering scenes from many different periods of its history.
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
Alexandr Andreev
Dmitri Alexandrov
Alexander Alexeev
Andrey Arshinnikov
Ismat Ashurov
Artashes Aleksanyan
Dmitri Bekoyev
Oleg Palmov
Aleksandr Tsybulsky
Aleksandr Petrov
Serhii Romaniuk
Nikolay Gravshin
Konstantin Demidov
Anatoly Dubanov
Aleksey Emelyanov
Dmitriy Zebrov
Yefim Ioffe
Olga Kalmykova
Valentina Kasyanova
Yuriy Kalugin
Valeri Kozinets
Aleksei Krymov
Igor Okrepilov
Irina Osnovina
Valeri Smolyakov
Boris Sokolov
Nikolay Fedortsov
Valeriy Filonov
Darya Khudyakova
Vladimir Chernyshov
Andrey Shchepochkin
Anya Antonelly
Egor Bakulin
Olga Belyavskaya
Mark Gavrilov
Yekaterina Gorokhovskaya
Anna Ekaterininskaya
Sergey Yelikov
Aleksandra Kulikova
Nataliya Kadochnikova
Mariya Lavrova
Maria Mescheryakova
Artur Mkrtchyan
Aleksey Oding
Alla Oding
Kirill Petrov
Rodion Prikhodko
Andrey Rodimov
Yuliya Rudina
Elena Simonova
Kirill Ulyanov
Aleksey Fedkin
Boris Khasanov
Rosina Tsidulko
Yuliya Shubareva
Svetlana Nemirovskaya
Vsevolod Tsurilo
Nataliya Tarynycheva
Khelga Filippova
Vyacheslav Manucharov
Elena Savelieva
Anna Dyukova
Igor Besschastnov
Aleksey Vasilev
Mikhail Terentyev
Mikhail Sharautin
Sergey Peregudov
Yuliya Gorshenina
Gali Abaydulov
Roman Rolbin
Pavel Kornakov
Aleksandr Karpov
Vladimir Belovolsky
Alexander Balonin
Galina Burkina
Eyyup Can Ulas
John (voice)
Aleksandr Sokurov
The Time Traveller (voice / uncredited)
Svetlana Smirnova
Widow (uncredited)
Oleg Losev
Court Official (uncredited)
Filipp Baron
Vladimir Sevostyanikhin
Under-tutor of the Heir
Yulian Makarov