Russian Ark

Russian Ark

99 mins | Drama, History, Fantasy | May 22, 2002

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

Russian Ark

99 mins | Drama, History, Fantasy | May 22, 2002

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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Danmarks Radio (DR), Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg (FBB), Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Egoli Tossell Film, FilmFörderung Hamburg, Yle, WDR/Arte, Fora Film, NHK, Russian Ministry of Culture, Koppmedia, Hermitage Bridge Studio, The, Mariinsky Theatre, AST Studios, State Hermitage Museum
Original title Русский ковчег
Directors Leda Semyonova, Marina Koreneva, Aleksandr Sokurov
Writers Boris Khaimsky, Anatoly Nikiforov, Svetlana Proskurina, Aleksandr Sokurov

Cast

Sergei Dreiden

as The Stranger (The Marquis de Custine)

Mariya Kuznetsova

as Catherine The Great

Leonid Mozgovoy

as The Spy

Mikhail Piotrovsky

as Self (Hermitage Director)

David Giorgobiani

as Orbeli

Aleksandr Chaban

as Boris Piotrovsky

Lev Eliseev

as Self

Alla Osipenko

as Self

Artyom Strelnikov

as Talented Boy

Tamara Kurenkova

as Self (Blind Woman)

Maxim Sergeev

as Peter the Great

Natalya Nikulenko

as Catherine the Great

Elena Rufanova

as First Lady

Yelena Spiridonova

as Second Lady

Konstantin Anisimov

as First Cavalier

Aleksey Barabash

as Second Cavalier

Ilya Shakunov

as Third Cavalier

Aleksandr Kulikov

as Fourth Cavalier

Anna Aleksakhina

as Alexandra Feodorovna, Wife of Nicholas II

Vladimir Baranov

as Nicholas II

Anna Antonelli

as Princess Anastasia

Valentin Bukin

as Military Official

Svetlana Gaytan

as Museum Custodian

Vadim Gushchin

as Grandee of Catherine the Great

Kirill Dateshidze

as Master of Ceremonies

Mikhail Dorofeev

as First Card Player

Valentina Egorenkova

as Maid of Honor of Catherine the Great

Oleg Efremov II

as Museum Official

Sergei Losev

as Court Official

Vadim Lobanov

as Lord Chamberlain

Vladimir Lisetsky

as Court Minister

Aleksandr Malnykin

as Servant of Peter the Great

Kirill Miller

as Court Official

Viktor Mikhaylov

as Court Official

Sergey Muchenikov

as Museum Official

Sergey Nadporozhskiy

as Court Official

Yuriy Orlov

as Grandee of Catherine the Great

Aleksandr Razbash

as Museum Official

Vladimir Sevostyanikhin

as Under-tutor of the Heir

Boris Smolkin

as Chancellor Nesselrode

Evgeniy Filatov

as Second Card Player

Yuri Khomutyansky

as Insane Italian

Anatoli Shvedersky

as Marshall

Valery Gergiev

as Conductor

Igor Volkov

as Ambassador

Julian Makarov

as Nicholas I

Svetlana Svirko

as Alexandra Feodorovna, Wife of Nicholas I

Konstantin Mukhin

as The Counterman

Sasha Durpfen

as Marie Sinclair (as Sandra Orlow)

Eyyup Can Ulas

as John (voice)

Aleksandr Sokurov

as The Time Traveller (voice / uncredited)

Svetlana Smirnova

as Widow (uncredited)

Oleg Losev

as Court Official (uncredited)