Irina Sherbakova
Herself - Historian
Aleksandr Sokurov
Himself - Filmmaker
Viktor Yerofeyev
Himself - Writer
Paul Edward Kulikovsky
Himself - Descendant
Ludmila Kulikovsky
Herself - P. Kulikovsky's Wife
Julia Demidova
Herself - Peter and Paul Fortress Sub-director
Sergei Mironenko
Himself - Historian
Czar Nicholas II of Russia
Himself (archive footage)
Czarevitch Alexei Nikolaevich
Himself (archive footage)
Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna
Herself (archive footage)
Vladimir Lenin
Himself (archive footage)