Irina Sherbakova

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Herself - Historian

Aleksandr Sokurov

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Himself - Filmmaker

Viktor Yerofeyev

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Himself - Writer

Paul Edward Kulikovsky

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Himself - Descendant

Ludmila Kulikovsky

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Herself - P. Kulikovsky's Wife

Julia Demidova

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Herself - Peter and Paul Fortress Sub-director

Sergei Mironenko

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Himself - Historian

Czar Nicholas II of Russia

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Himself (archive footage)

Czarevitch Alexei Nikolaevich

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Himself (archive footage)

Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna

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Herself (archive footage)