
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
Herself - Narrator (voice)
Laurence Huot-Solovieff
Herself - Descendant
Boris Kolonitsky
Himself - Historian
Sergei Mironenko
Himself - Historian
Olga Utotschkina
Herself - Historian
Marie Turquois-Bowman
Herself - Writer
Florian Langer
Himself - Physician
Alexei Larionov
Himself - Art Historian
Yulia Pashkovskaya
Herself - Hotel Manager
Natalia Saizeva
Herself - Historian

Czar Nicholas II of Russia
Himself (archive footage)
Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna
Herself (archive footage)

Rubens: A Life in Europe
Rubens: A Life in Europe

Russian Ark
Russian Ark

Midnight in Saint Petersburg
Midnight in Saint Petersburg

The Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution
Tolstoy: The Man Behind Anna
Tolstoy: The Man Behind Anna

INSIDE THE MIND OF VLADIMIR PUTIN
INSIDE THE MIND OF VLADIMIR PUTIN

Murder Once Removed
Murder Once Removed

Katyn
Katyn

The Cultural History of Museums
The Cultural History of Museums

Battleship Potemkin
Battleship Potemkin

Reds
Reds

Аркаим. Стоящий у солнца
Аркаим. Стоящий у солнца