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title: "Russian Ark: cast and crew"
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cast: 60
crew: 35
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# Russian Ark (2002): cast and crew

60 cast and 35 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Sergey Dreyden](https://film.one/person/sergey-dreyden.md) as Marquis de Custine
- [Mariya Kuznetsova](https://film.one/person/mariya-kuznetsova.md) as Catherine The Great
- [Leonid Mozgovoy](https://film.one/person/leonid-mozgovoy.md) as The Spy
- [Mikhail Piotrovsky](https://film.one/person/mikhail-piotrovsky.md) as Hermitage director
- [David Giorgobiani](https://film.one/person/edisher-davit-giorgobiani.md) as Orbeli
- [Aleksandr Chaban](https://film.one/person/aleksandr-chaban.md) as Boris Piotrovsky
- [Lev Eliseev](https://film.one/person/lev-eliseev.md) as Self
- [Oleg Khmelnitsky](https://film.one/person/oleg-khmelnitsky.md) as Self
- [Alla Osipenko](https://film.one/person/alla-osipenko.md) as Self
- [Artyom Strelnikov](https://film.one/person/artyom-strelnikov.md) as talented boy
- [Tamara Kurenkova](https://film.one/person/tamara-kurenkova.md) as blind woman
- [Maksim Sergeyev](https://film.one/person/maxim-sergeev.md) as Peter the Great
- Natalya Nikulenko as Catherine the Great
- Elena Rufanova as First Lady
- Elena Kramer 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 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
- Boris Smolkin as Chancellor Nesselrode
- Evgeny Filatov as Second Card Player
- Yuri Khomutyansky as Insane Italian
- Anatoliy Shvederskiy as Marshall
- Valery Gergiev as Conductor
- Igor Volkov as Ambassador
- Svetlana Svirko as Alexandra Feodorovna - wife of Nicholas I
- Konstantin Mukhin as The Counterman
- Sasha Durpfen as Marie Sinclair
- Yuriy Ageykin
- Alexandr Andreev
- Dmitri Alexandrov
- Alexander Alexeev
- Andrey Arshinnikov
- Ismat Ashurov
- Artashes Aleksanyan
- Dmitri Bekoyev
- Oleg Palmov
- Aleksandr Tsybulsky
- Aleksandr Petrov
- Serhii Romaniuk

## Directing

- [Alexander Sokurov](https://film.one/person/aleksandr-sokurov.md): Director
- Leda Semyonova: Script Supervisor
- Marina Koreneva: Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Alexander Sokurov](https://film.one/person/aleksandr-sokurov.md): Writer, Dialogue
- [Anatoli Nikiforov](https://film.one/person/anatoly-nikiforov.md): Writer
- Svetlana Proskurina: Dialogue
- Boris Khaimsky: Dialogue

## Production

- [Oliver Damian](https://film.one/person/oliver-damian.md): Producer
- [John Hamilton](https://film.one/person/john-hamilton-1594227.md): Producer
- [Alla Verlotsky](https://film.one/person/alla-verlotsky.md): Producer
- Andrew Colton: Producer
- Vladimir Plyatskovsky: Producer
- Andrey Deryabin: Producer
- Jens Meurer: Producer
- [Karsten Stöter](https://film.one/person/karsten-stoter.md): Producer
- Tatyana Komarova: Casting Director

## Camera

- [Tilman Büttner](https://film.one/person/tilman-buttner.md): Director of Photography, Steadicam Operator
- [Stefan Ciupek](https://film.one/person/stefan-ciupek.md): Camera Supervisor
- Anatoliy Rodionov: Additional Director of Photography
- [Bernd Fischer](https://film.one/person/bernd-fischer.md): Additional Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Sergey Ivanov](https://film.one/person/sergey-ivanov.md): Editor
- [Stefan Ciupek](https://film.one/person/stefan-ciupek.md): Editor
- [Betina Kuntzsch](https://film.one/person/betina-kuntzsch.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [Sergei Yevtushenko](https://film.one/person/sergei-yevtushenko.md): Original Music Composer
- Vladimir Persov: Sound
- Edgar Figner: Foley
- Manfred Arbter: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Sergey Figner: Foley
- Sergey Moshkov: Sound

## Art

- Elena Zhukova: Art Direction
- Natalya Kochergina: Art Direction

## Costume and make-up

- [Tamara Seferyan](https://film.one/person/tamara-seferyan.md): Costume Design
- [Maria Grishanova](https://film.one/person/maria-grishanova.md): Costume Design
- [Lidiya Kryukova](https://film.one/person/lidiya-kryukova.md): Costume Design

## Visual effects

- Kai Woytke: Digital Compositor

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