Cast & Crew

Directed by

Nikita Mikhalkov

Writing Credits

Nikita Mikhalkov
(story)
Rustam Ibragimbekov
(screenplay) and
Nikita Mikhalkov
(screenplay)
Rospo Pallenberg
(in cooperation with)

Cast

Julia Ormond
Dzheyn
Oleg Menshikov
Tolstoy
Aleksey Petrenko
Radlov
Richard Harris
McCracken
Vladimir Ilin
Mokin
Marat Basharov
Polievskiy
Nikita Tatarenkov
Alibekov
Georgiy Dronov
Nazarov
Artyom Mikhalkov
Buturlin
Daniel Olbrychski
Kopnovskiy
Marina Neyolova
Tolstoy's Mother
Avangard Leontev
Uncle Nikolya
Anna Mikhalkova
Dunyasha
Robert Hardy
Forsten
Elizabeth Spriggs
Perepelkina
Nikita Mikhalkov
Emperor Aleksandr III
Isabelle Renauld
Empress
Evgeniy Steblov
Grand Duke
Inna Nabatova
Grand Duchess
Filipp Dyachkov
Grand Duke Mikhail
Vladimir Zaytsev
Radlov's Adjutant
Viktor Verzhbitskiy
Grand Duke's Adjutant
Leonid Kuravlyov
Sergeant Major Bukin
Aleksandr Lenkov
Scientist
Aleksandr Ilin
Merchant
Evgeniy Dvorzhetskiy
Terrorist
Hanna Stredova
Housemaid
Vladimir Tushko
Conductor
Aleksandr Mokhov
Officer at Butyrskaya Prison
Pierre Aussedat
Geller
Vladimir Goryushin
Coachman Kuzma
Said Nouroux
Abyssinian Prince
Evgeniy Buslaev
Governor
Olga Anokhina
Governor's Wife
Aleksandr Yakovlev
Maksimych
Tatyana Kuznetsova
Cool Lady
Mariya Maksakova-Igenbergs
College Girl
Polushke Zdunek
Compositor
Anatoliy Dokumentov
Conductor
Josef Nedorost
Violinist
Václav Legner
Inspector
Egor Blokin
Vanyatka
Andrey Nikitin
Proshka
Mambo Syril
Prince's Servant
Mudio Nartsiss
Prince's Servant
Andrey Savostyanov
Baron von Buckman
Andrey Barilo
Cadet
Kirill Grebenshchikov
Cadet
Vladimir Zurabyan
Cadet
Aleksey Kabeshev
Cadet
Aleksandr Karpenko
Cadet
Aleksey Kurutov
Cadet
Ivan Lakshin
Cadet
Dmitriy Makarov
Cadet
Sergey Pinchuk
Cadet
Sergey Steblov
Cadet
Sergey Fedotov
Cadet
Filipp Feoktistov
Cadet
Dmitriy Chuprakov
Cadet
Kirill Shanshiev
Cadet
Mikhail Shevchuk
Cadet
Aleksey Shutov
Cadet
Mac McDonald
Sergeant O'Leary
Andrew O'Donnels
Colonel
Daniel Evans
Andrew (in Mask)
John Higgins
Cadet
Jason Done
Cadet
Richard Dempsey
Stuttering Cadet
Sergey Lozovoy
Bell Ringer
Igor Sannikov
Lilliputian 'Napoleon'
Anatoliy Zhukov
Fakir
Aleksandr Dubina
Engineer
Natela Abuladze
Abyssinian Prince's Wife
Igor Bondarenko
Funny General
Leonardo Correia
Boy
Anzhela Dmitriyeva
Schoolgirl
Nikolay Gadomskiy
Honorary Escort
Sérgio Grilo
(uncredited)
Sergey Kabaylo
Governor's Adjutant
Pavel Kornakov
Officer
Nadezhda Mikhalkova
Girl at the Fair
Yuriy Pisarenko
Magician at the Fair
Zhorzh Rumyantsev
Small Part
Anatoliy Skoryakin
General

Produced by

Armand Barbault
executive producer
António da Cunha Telles
executive producer: Portugal
Oldrich Mach
executive producer: Prague
Nikita Mikhalkov
co-producer
Michel Seydoux
producer
Leonid Vereshchagin
executive producer

Music by

Eduard Artemyev
(as Eduard Nikolaevich Artemev)

Cinematography by

Pavel Lebeshev

Editing by

Enzo Meniconi

Casting By

Kate Dowd
Sérgio Carlos
(uncredited)

Production Design by

Vladimir Aronin

Art Direction by

Jindrich Kocí
co-art director
Martin Martinec
Vladimir Murzin

Set Decoration by

Ilya Amursky
Marina Ertanova
Aleksandr Kochubey
Danila Koltsov
Igor Morozov

Costume Design by

Natalya Ivanova
(as Natacha Ivanova)
Alla Oleneva
Sergei Struchyov
(as Sergei Struchev)

Makeup Department

Natalya Chayka
makeup designer
Ivana Chlostova
makeup artist: Prague
Jean-Pierre Eychenne
makeup designer
Svetlana Fedina-Kruglyakova
makeup artist
Jeanette Freeman
hair stylist
Jean-Max Guérin
hair stylist
Zdenek Klika
makeup artist
Galina Korolyova
makeup designer
Svetlana Lobanova
hair stylist
Lyudmila Makashova
makeup artist
Tamara Panteleyeva
makeup artist
Valentina Pimankina
makeup artist
Mariya Ruslanova
makeup artist
Alena Sedova
makeup artist: Prague
Olga Sergeyeva
makeup artist
Bobo Sobotka
makeup artist
Suzanne Stokes-Munton
hair stylist
Nina Zakirova
makeup designer
Raisa Zhdanova
makeup artist

Production Management

Aleksey Balashov
production manager
Armand Barbault
executive producer
Vaclav Eisenhamer
production supervisor
Sergei Gurevich
production manager
Marc Jenny
production supervisor
Michal Prikryl
production manager: Prague
Renato Santos
production manager: Portugal
Jacques Vidal
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Sérgio Carlos
assistant director: Portugal
Bilge Ebiri
third assistant director
Vladimir Ferkelman
assistant director
Vladimir Krasinsky
first assistant director (as Vladimir Krassinski)
Michael Kvirikadzhe
third assistant director
Max Malinin
assistant director
Artyom Mikhalkov
assistant director
Svetlana Motro
assistant director
Carl Oprey
assistant director
Kirill Shanshiev
third assistant director
Olga Sizova
assistant director
Viktor Trakhtenberg
first assistant director
Anastasiya Tsvetnova
assistant director
Evgeniy Tsymbal
second assistant director
Aleksandr Zelenkov
assistant director (as Alexander Zelenkov)

Art Department

Boris Baklanov
architect
Martin Kotek
set dresser
José Matos
construction coordinator / set designer: Portugal
Alyona Tabakova
architect (as Alla Tabakova)
Karel Vanásek
property master

Sound Department

Vincent Arnardi
re-recording mixer (as Vinsent Arnardi) / sound mixer (as Vinsent Arnardi)
Minna Blank
sound mixer (as Mina Blank)
Natalya Chashchina
foley artist
Sophie Chiabaut
sound technician
Julien Cloquet
foley & adr recordist
Thomas Desjonquères
sound editor
Vincent Guillon
supervising sound editor
Irina Kislova
foley artist
Laurent Kossayan
supervising sound editor
Thierry Lebon
re-recording mixer
Jean-Pierre Lelong
foley artist
Alla Meychik
foley artist (as Alla Meichik)
Marina Nigmatulina
foley & adr recordist
André Rigaut
dialogue editor / sound mixer
Jacques Thomas-Gérard
foley & adr recordist
Inna Trofimchuk
foley artist
Jean Umansky
dialogue editor / sound mixer / sound recordist
Faina Yampolskaya
foley artist

Special Effects by

Thierry Alloy
special effects
Sergei Chertovskikh
special effects
Václav Kuba
special effects
François Philippi
special effects
Gilbert Piéri
special effects
Gilles Piéri
special effects (as Giles Pieri)
Frédéric Rouquette
special effects
Yury Shagov
special effects
Vyacheslav Stepanov
special effects
Pavel Terchov
special effects
Andrei Trifonov
special effects
Roman Tudjarov
special effects
Yuri Udaltsov
special effects
Jirí Vater
special effects
Michel Vialla
special effects
Jirí Vojtech
special effects
Sergei Zakharov
special effects

Stunts

Vladimir Badov
stunts
Aleksandr Balabushevich
stunts
Yevgeny Batov
stunts
Georgi Blagirev
stunts
Mariya Blinova
stunts
Tatyana Bobrova
stunts
Viktor Bogdanov
stunts
Roman Bychkov
stunts
Sergey Chekrygin
stunts
Valeriy Derkach
stunt coordinator
Valeri Dovnar
stunts
Oleg Durygin
stunts
Yelena Galkina
stunts
Andrei Grigoryev
stunts
Nikolai Grishin
stunts
Aleksei Gritsenko
stunts
Valeriy Ivakov
stunts
Aleksei Ivanov
stunts
Evgeniy Karpovich
stunts
Vladimir Karpovich
stunts
Sergei Kazachenko
stunts
Konstantin Kishchuk
stunts
Kirill Kopusov
stunts
Aleksandr Kucherenko
stunts
Valeri Kudryashov
stunts
Igor Laptev
horse stunt coordinator
Andrei Lipilin
stunts
Nikolay Pavlyuk
stunt performer
Vladimir Pivovarov
stunts
Igor Regner
stunts
Viktor Romanov
horse stunt coordinator
Andrey Ryklin
stunts
Oleg Savosin
stunts
Igor Sazonov
stunts
Oleg Shcherbakov
stunts (as Oleg Shcherbakov)
Mikhail Shevchuk
fencing fight coordinator
Fyodor Shilov
stunts
Kirill Shovkin
stunts
Sergei Shulga
stunts
Andrei Sukhov
stunts
Yuriy Sysoev
stunts
Dmitry Tarasenko
stunts (as Dmitriy Tarasenko)
Aleksei Tsaryov
stunts
Roman Tsvetkov
stunts
Mikhail Tyrtysh
stunts
Andrei Tyugai
stunts
Vyacheslav Ushanov
stunts
Aleksandr Volkov
stunts
Sergei Vorobyov
stunts
Fyodor Voytov
stunts
Igor Yakovlev
stunts
Kirill Yegorov
stunts
Yelena Yerokhina
stunts
Aidar Zakirov
stunts
Aleksandr Zhiznevsky
stunts
Aleksandr Zhurman
stunts
Aleksey Pashin
stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Arnaud Borrel
still photographer
Jean-Yves Bruyas
assistant camera
Stefano Coletta
camera operator
Steven Desbrow
camera technician: helicopter
Franco Di Giacomo
cinematographer: Siberia
Igor Gnevashev
still photographer
Martin Grosup
camera operator
Elizbar Karavayev
camera operator (as Elisbar Karavaev)
Mikhail Kvirikadze
assistant camera
Beatrice Mizrahi
additional camera operator
Didier Morel
assistant camera
Sergei Naugolnykh
camera operator (as S. Naugolnykh)
Jaromir Sedina
steadicam operator
Jaromir Simek
electrician
Mário Soares
gaffer
Roman Suszynski
camera operator
Petr Svoboda
electrician
Xandy Sahla
steadicam operator: Portugal unit (uncredited)

Casting Department

Pedro Escobar
extras casting
Tamara Odintsova
casting: Russia

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Pavel Kornakov
consultant: military wardrobe
Alla Oleneva
wardrobe
Ludmila Pyatnitsa
consultant: property and costume history
Jitka Svecova
costumer

Editorial Department

Vanessa Basté
assistant editor
Isabelle Julien
color timer
Stéphanie Pedelacq
editing intern
Stefan Richter
first assistant editor

Location Management

José Borges
location manager: Portugal
Michael Ermogeni
assistant location manager
Zdenek Fiala
location manager: Prague
Aleksey Karpushin
location manager
Ivan Stefka
location manager: Prague
Aleksandr Utkin
location manager
Alexander Yakoviev
location manager

Music Department

Matt Howe
music mixer
Alexey Kostenko
conductor
Sergei Scripka
conductor (as Sergey Skripka)
Vladimir Vinogradov
music recording engineer

Script and Continuity Department

Anatoliy Ermilov
script editor
Jacqueline Gamard
script supervisor

Transportation Department

Václav Kocman
driver

Additional Crew

Sarah Barbault
production coordinator
Bianca Bezdek-Goodloe
second assistant director
Lubov Bodunova
production coordinator
Francie Brown
dialect coach: Julia Ormond
Nicole Canne
coordinator (as Nicole Cann)
Albert Coumans
caterer
Igor Dimitriev
consultant: military history
Elena Ficenko
production coordinator
Eva Juel Hammerich
personal assistant to actor (as Eva Juel)
Jirí Hauzner
production assistant: pre-production
Andrey Komissarov
animal wrangler
Ludila Komissarova
animal wrangler
Katerina Lahodova
production assistant
Mariya Makhanko
translator: French, Portuguese and English
Sergey Maksimov
circus performances coordinator
Mikhail Mizukov
director: "Maelennitas" scene
Marion Nadal
production administrator
George Pappas
consultant: military history
Brian Pines
consultant: military history
Ekaterina Prosvirkina
production coordinator
Howard Samuelsohn
dialect coach: Julia Ormond
Anatoliy Saprykin
consultant military rank practice
Vasiliy Sazhin
consultant: military history
Bernard Seguy
helicopter pilot: Siberia
Mikhail Shevchuk
fencing coach
Elena Shimanko
researcher: folklore ensembles
Vyacheslav Shurov
consultant: folklore and ethnography
Viktor Zuykov
animal wrangler
Sérgio Carlos
militar coach (uncredited)
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