The film is a metaphor to lead the audience through the history room of Russian, with the era is on display in the rooms of the Hermitage Museum. Moreover, the film also represents your views, and you-viewers - are also a character in the storyline: a character is mentioned, and is led in the story.

• Russian Ark
• Aleksandr Sokurov
• Sergey Dreyden
• Mariya Kuznetsova
• Leonid Mozgovoy