"St. Petersburg, Russia, December 30th, 1916. Grigori Rasputin is assassinated. The story of the humble peasant who became the most influential adviser to czarina Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of the last czar, Nicholas II Romanov."
Mechthild Großmann
as Herself - Narrator (voice)
Laurence Huot-Solovieff
as Herself - Descendant
Boris Kolonitsky
as Himself - Historian
Sergei Mironenko
Olga Utotschkina
as Herself - Historian
Marie Turquois-Bowman
as Herself - Writer
Florian Langer
as Himself - Physician
Alexei Larionov
as Himself - Art Historian
Yulia Pashkovskaya
as Herself - Hotel Manager
Natalia Saizeva
Czar Nicholas II of Russia
as Himself (archive footage)
Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna
as Herself (archive footage)
Czarevitch Alexei Nikolaevich
Vladimir Lenin
Eva Gerberding
Director
Bernd Meiners
Director of Photography
Writer
Markus Augé
Producer
Sebastian van der Westhuizen
Animation
Sascha Heiny
Sound Mixer
Oliver Bätz
Production Director
Eduard Botchanov
Sound Engineer
Ritchie Staringer
Original Music Composer
Arno Blumenstock
Production Design
Marianne Schäfer
Delegated Producer
Margot Neubert-Maric
Editor
Sonja Schneider