It portrays the memories of Matilda Kshesinskaya and her love affair with the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II. Matilda, a Polish-born ballerina from the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, had a brief and intense romance with Nicholas between 1892 and 1894, before Nicholas married Alexandra Feodorovna and was crowned Tsar after his father's death. It also explores their relationship, facing societal pressures and interference from Nicholas's mother, Empress Maria Feodorovna, as well as Matilda's involvement with other members of the imperial family, the Romanovs, such as Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich and Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich.
Michalina Olszańska
as Matilda Kschessinska
Lars Eidinger
as Nicolas II
Luise Wolfram
as Alexandra Feodorovna
Данила Козловский
as Vorontsov
Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė
as Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
Сергей Гармаш
as Alexandre III
Евгений Миронов
as Ivan Karlovich
Grigoriy Dobrygin
as Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia
Галина Тюнина
as Maria Pavlovna, wife of prince Vladimir
Виталий Коваленко
as Vladimir Aleksandrovich, great Duke
Виталий Кищенко
as Vlasov, head of detective police
Thomas Ostermeier
as Fishel, psychiatrist
