Russian Ark
2000 cast members, 3 orchestras, 33 rooms, 300 years, ALL IN ONE TAKE
99 mins
A ghost and a French marquis wander through the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, encountering scenes from many different periods of its history.
Mikhail Piotrovsky
Self (Hermitage Director)
Oleg Khmelnitsky
Self
Artyom Strelnikov
Talented Boy
Tamara Kurenkova
Self (Blind Woman)
Natalya Nikulenko
Catherine the Great
Anna Antonelli
Princess Anastasia
Vladimir Lisetsky
Court Minister
Aleksandr Malnykin
Servant of Peter the Great
Sergey Nadporozhskiy
Court Official
Yuri Khomutyansky
Insane Italian
Svetlana Svirko
Alexandra Feodorovna, Wife of Nicholas I
Konstantin Mukhin
The Counterman
Sasha Durpfen
Marie Sinclair (as Sandra Orlow)
Eyyup Can Ulas
John (voice)
Oleg Losev
Court Official (uncredited)
Vladimir Sevostyanikhin
Under-tutor of the Heir
Oliver Damian
Producer
John Hamilton
Producer
Alla Verlotsky
Producer
Andrew Colton
Producer
Vladimir Plyatskovsky
Producer
Anatoly Nikiforov
Writer
Tamara Seferyan
Costume Design
Sergei Yevtushenko
Original Music Composer
Maria Grishanova
Costume Design
Stefan Ciupek
Editor
Betina Kuntzsch
Editor
Tilman Büttner
Director of Photography
Lidiya Kryukova
Costume Design
Natalya Kochergina
Art Direction
Vladimir Persov
Sound
Edgar Figner
Foley
Leda Semyonova
Script Supervisor
Andrey Deryabin
Producer
Jens Meurer
Producer
Karsten Stöter
Producer
Boris Khaimsky
Dialogue
Manfred Arbter
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Tilman Büttner
Steadicam Operator
Sergey Figner
Foley
Stefan Ciupek
Camera Supervisor
Sergey Moshkov
Sound
Kai Woytke
Digital Compositor
Anatoliy Rodionov
Additional Director of Photography
Bernd Fischer
Additional Director of Photography
Marina Koreneva
Assistant Director
