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

2002

1h 39m

7.2(519 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

10 featured cast members

Starring

Sergey Dreyden

Marquis de Custine

Mariya Kuznetsova

Catherine The Great

Leonid Mozgovoy

The Spy

Mikhail Piotrovsky

Hermitage director

Edisher (Davit) Giorgobiani

Orbeli

Aleksandr Chaban

Boris Piotrovsky

Lev Eliseev

Self

Oleg Khmelnitsky

Self

Alla Osipenko

Self

Artyom Strelnikov

talented boy

Creative team

Directed by: Aleksandr Sokurov
Written by: Aleksandr Sokurov
Anatoly Nikiforov
Produced by: Oliver Damian
Andrew Colton

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