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Score: 71.1%( 145 votes )

Overview: Douglas is a foreign entrepreneur, who ventures to Russia in 1885 with dreams of selling a new, experimental steam-driven timber harvester in the wilds of Siberia. Jane is his assistant. On her travels, she meets two men who would change her life forever: a handsome young cadet Andrej Tolstoy with whom she shares a fondness for opera, and the powerful General Radlov who is entranced by her beauty and wants to marry her.

Cast:

Julia Ormond
Jane Callahan

Oleg Menshikov
André Tolstoi

Aleksey Petrenko
General Radlov

Richard Harris
Douglas McCraken

Vladimir Ilin
Captain Mokine

Marat Basharov
Polievsky

Georgiy Dronov
Nazarov

Nikita Tatarenkov
Alibekov

Artyom Mikhalkov
Boutourline

Daniel Olbrychski
Kopnovsky

Marina Neyolova
André Tolstoï's mother

Avangard Leontyev
André Tolstoi's uncle

Anna Mikhalkova
Douniacha

Robert Hardy
Forsten

Elizabeth Spriggs
Perepiolkina

Nikita Mikhalkov
Imperator Aleksandr III

Isabelle Renauld
Imperatritsa

Evgeniy Steblov
Velikiy knyaz

Viktor Verzhbitskiy
Adyutant Velikogo knyazya

Leonid Kuravlyov
Vakhmistr Bukin

Aleksandr Lenkov
Uchenyy

Aleksandr Ilin
Kupets

Aleksandr Mokhov
Ofitser

Yelena Obolenskaya
Stuttering Cadet

Richard Dempsey
Kadet-zaika

Jason Done
Kadet

Filipp Dyachkov
Mikhail, son of tsar

Vladimir Zaytsev
Radlov's Adjutant

Evgeniy Dvorzhetskiy
Terrorist

Pierre Aussedat
Geller

Vladimir Goryushin
Coachman Kuzma

Olga Anokhina
Governor's Wife

Aleksandr Yakovlev
Maksimych

Tatyana Kuznetsova
Cool Lady

Josef Nedorost
Violinist

Václav Legner
Inspector

Kirill Grebenshchikov
Cadet

Ivan Lakshin
Cadet

Sergey Pinchuk
Cadet

Sergey Steblov
Cadet

Aleksey Shutov
Cadet

Mac McDonald
Sergeant O'Leary

Daniel Evans
Andrew (in Mask)

Jason Done
Cadet

Mikhail Shevchuk
Cadet

Andrey Barilo
Cadet

Filipp Feoktistov
Cadet

Igor Sannikov
Lilliputian 'Napoleon'

Aleksandr Dubina
Engineer

Pierre Narcisse
Prince's Servant

Aleksandr Dedyushko

Pavel Maykov

Roman Radov

Anna Nevskaya

Vladimir Tyagichev

Igor Klimov

Oleg Savosin

Mariya Felyanina

Tatyana Vasilyeva

Hana Středová
Mr. McCracken's Housemaid

Nadezhda Mikhalkova
Girl at the Fair (uncredited)

Anatoliy Skoryakin
General (uncredited)

Igor Bondarenko
Funny General (uncredited)

Pavel Kornakov
Officer (uncredited)

Angela Dmitrieva
Schoolgirl (uncredited)