"2000 cast members, 3 orchestras, 33 rooms, 300 years, ALL IN ONE TAKE"

2002

1h 39m

7.2(491 votes)

Drama

Fantasy

History

Overview

A ghost and a French marquis wander through the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, encountering scenes from many different periods of its history.

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Cast & Crew

131 members

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Сергей Дрейден

The Stranger (The Marquis de Custine)

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Мария Кузнецова

Catherine The Great

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Леонид Мозговой

The Spy

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Mikhail Piotrovsky

Self (Hermitage Director)

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ედიშერ (დავით) გიორგობიანი

Orbeli

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Александр Чабан

Boris Piotrovsky

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Лев Елисеев

Self

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Oleg Khmelnitsky

Self

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Alla Osipenko

Self

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Artyom Strelnikov

Talented Boy

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Tamara Kurenkova

Self (Blind Woman)

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Максим Сергеев

Peter the Great

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Наталья Никуленко

Catherine the Great

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Елена Руфанова

First Lady

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Елена Крамер

Second Lady

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Konstantin Anisimov

First Cavalier

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Алексей Барабаш

Second Cavalier

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Илья Шакунов

Third Cavalier

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Aleksandr Kulikov

Fourth Cavalier

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Анна Алексахина

Alexandra Feodorovna, Wife of Nicholas II

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Владимир Баранов

Nicholas II

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Anna Antonelli

Princess Anastasia

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Валентин Букин

Military Official

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Svetlana Gaytan

Museum Custodian

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Вадим Гущин

Grandee of Catherine the Great

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Кирилл Датешидзе

Master of Ceremonies

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Михаил Дорофеев

First Card Player

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Валентина Егоренкова

Maid of Honor of Catherine the Great

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Олег Ефремов

Museum Official

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Сергей Лосев

Court Official

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Вадим Лобанов

Lord Chamberlain

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Владимир Лисецкий

Court Minister

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Aleksandr Malnykin

Servant of Peter the Great

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Kirill Miller

Court Official

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Виктор Михайлов

Court Official

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Сергей Мучеников

Museum Official

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Sergey Nadporozhskiy

Court Official

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Юрий Орлов

Grandee of Catherine the Great

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Александр Разбаш

Museum Official

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Борис Смолкин

Chancellor Nesselrode

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Евгений Филатов

Second Card Player

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Yuri Khomutyansky

Insane Italian

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Анатолий Шведерский

Marshall

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Valery Gergiev

Conductor

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Игорь Волков

Ambassador

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Светлана Свирко

Alexandra Feodorovna, Wife of Nicholas I

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Konstantin Mukhin

The Counterman

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Sasha Durpfen

Marie Sinclair (as Sandra Orlow)

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Yuriy Ageykin

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Alexandr Andreev

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Dmitri Alexandrov

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Александр Алексеев

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Andrey Arshinnikov

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Ismat Ashurov

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Artashes Aleksanyan

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Dmitri Bekoyev

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Олег Пальмов

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Александр Цыбульский

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Александр Петров

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Сергей Романюк

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Николай Гравшин

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Konstantin Demidov

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Анатолий Дубанов

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Алексей Емельянов

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Дмитрий Зебров

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Yefim Ioffe

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Ольга Калмыкова

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Валентина Касьянова

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Юрий Калугин

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Валерий Козинец

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Алексей Крымов

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Игорь Окрепилов

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Ирина Основина

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Валерий Смоляков

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Борис Соколов

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Николай Федорцов

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Валерий Филонов

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Дарья Худякова

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Владимир Чернышов

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Андрей Щепочкин

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Anya Antonelly

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Егор Бакулин

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Ольга Белявская

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Марк Гаврилов

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Yekaterina Gorokhovskaya

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Анна Екатерининская

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Сергей Еликов

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Александра Куликова

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Наталия Кадочникова

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Мария Лаврова

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Maria Mescheryakova

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Artur Mkrtchyan

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Алексей Одинг

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Alla Oding

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Кирилл Петров

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Родион Приходько

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Андрей Родимов

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Юлия Рудина

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Елена Симонова

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Кирилл Ульянов

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Алексей Федькин

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Борис Хасанов

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Rosina Tsidulko

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Юлия Шубарева

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Svetlana Nemirovskaya

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Всеволод Цурило

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Nataliya Tarynycheva

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Хельга Филиппова

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Вячеслав Манучаров

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Elena Savelieva

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Анна Дюкова

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Игорь Бессчастнов

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Алексей Васильев

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Михаил Терентьев

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Михаил Шараутин

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Сергей Перегудов

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Yuliya Gorshenina

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Гали Абайдулов

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Roman Rolbin

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Павел Корнаков

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Александр Карпов

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Vladimir Belovolsky

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Alexander Balonin

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Galina Burkina

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Eyyup Can Ulas

John (voice)

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Александр Сокуров

The Time Traveller (voice / uncredited)

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Светлана Смирнова

Widow (uncredited)

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Oleg Losev

Court Official (uncredited)

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Филипп Барон

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Владимир Севостьянихин

Under-tutor of the Heir

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Юлиан Макаров

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