Irina Sherbakova

Herself - Historian

Александр Сокуров

Himself - Filmmaker

Viktor Yerofeyev

Himself - Writer

Paul Edward Kulikovsky

Himself - Descendant

Ludmila Kulikovsky

Herself - P. Kulikovsky's Wife

Julia Demidova

Herself - Peter and Paul Fortress Sub-director

Sergei Mironenko

Himself - Historian

Czar Nicholas II of Russia

Himself (archive footage)

Czarevitch Alexei Nikolaevich

Himself (archive footage)