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)
Andrew Colton
Producer
Oliver Damian
Producer
John Hamilton
Producer
Vladimir Plyatskovsky
Producer
Alla Verlotsky
Producer
Anatoly Nikiforov
Writer
Sergei Yevtushenko
Original Music Composer
Tilman Büttner
Director of Photography
Stefan Ciupek
Editor
Betina Kuntzsch
Editor
Natalya Kochergina
Art Direction
Maria Grishanova
Costume Design
Lidiya Kryukova
Costume Design
Tamara Seferyan
Costume Design
Boris Khaimsky
Dialogue
Andrey Deryabin
Producer
Jens Meurer
Producer
Karsten Stöter
Producer
Leda Semyonova
Script Supervisor
Stefan Ciupek
Camera Supervisor
Tilman Büttner
Steadicam Operator
Edgar Figner
Foley
Sergey Figner
Foley
Sergey Moshkov
Sound
Vladimir Persov
Sound
Manfred Arbter
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Marina Koreneva
Assistant Director
Kai Woytke
Digital Compositor
Bernd Fischer
Additional Director of Photography
Anatoliy Rodionov
Additional Director of Photography