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.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Mechthild GroßmannHerself - Narrator (voice) | Herself - Narrator (voice) |
| LLaurence Huot-SolovieffHerself - Descendant | Herself - Descendant |
| BBoris KolonitskyHimself - Historian | Himself - Historian |
| SSergei MironenkoHimself - Historian | Himself - Historian |
| OOlga UtotschkinaHerself - Historian | Herself - Historian |
| MMarie Turquois-BowmanHerself - Writer | Herself - Writer |
| FFlorian LangerHimself - Physician | Himself - Physician |
| AAlexei LarionovHimself - Art Historian | Himself - Art Historian |
| YYulia PashkovskayaHerself - Hotel Manager | Herself - Hotel Manager |
| NNatalia SaizevaHerself - Historian | Herself - Historian |
 Czar Nicholas II of RussiaHimself (archive footage) | Himself (archive footage) |
| CCzarina Alexandra FeodorovnaHerself (archive footage) | Herself (archive footage) |
| CCzarevitch Alexei NikolaevichHimself (archive footage) | Himself (archive footage) |
 Vladimir LeninHimself (archive footage) | Himself (archive footage) |