A group of Russian noblemen want to maintain the monarchy and plan to kill Rasputin.
Gérard Depardieu Fanny Ardant Vladimir Mashkov Irina Alfyorova Yuri Kolokolnikov Konstantin Khabenskiy Kseniya Rappoport Anna Mikhalkova Danila Kozlovsky Filipp Yankovsky Sergey Zamorev Pyotr Zhuravlyov Elena Sever Dmitriy Moguchev Alexandr Ryazantsev Yuliya Snigir Natalya Shvets Leonid Mozgovoy Igor Sergeev Ernst Romanov Maxim Mityashin Sergey Shakurov Vladimir Glazkov Sergey Zhukovich Olga Korotyayeva Andrey Kharitonov Svetlana Kireeva Tamara Kolesnikova Viktor Kostetsky Viktor Krivonos Romuald Makarenko Egor Budkevich Aleksey Semyonov Gali Abaydulov Victoria Agalakova Andrey Astrakhantsev Daniil Shigapov Evgeny Shkaev Ekaterina Novikova Tatyana Ryabokon Vadim Skvirskiy Natalya Surkova Tatyana Zakharova Valeri Muzika Evgeny Dakot
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