| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Esfir Shub | Crew | Directing | Director, Editor, Writer |
 Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Czar Nicholas II of Russia | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Vladimir Lenin | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Alexander Kerensky | Cast | Self (Doffs Fur Hat, Shakes Hands of Soldiers) (archive footage) | |
Emperor Franz Josef | Cast | Actor | Self (Reviews Troops) (archive footage) |
 Iliodor | Cast | Self (Monk, Rasputin's Rival) (archive footage) (as Illiodor) | |
Nikolai Chkheidze | Cast | Self (Chairman, 1st Session, Petrograd Soviet) (archive footage) | |
 King George V of the United Kingdom | Cast | Actor | Self (in Ceremonial Carriage, Not Visible) (archive footage) |
 Raymond Poincaré | Cast | Self (Visits Russia Just Before War Begins) (archive footage) | |
Vasily Shulgin | Cast | Self (archive footage) (as V.V. Shulgin) | |
Tsarina Alexandra | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Grand Duchess Anastasia | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
Vladimir Purishkevich | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Alexandre Millerand | Cast | Self (French War Minister, with Joffre) (archive footage) | |
Governor of Kaluga | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Aleksandr Guchkov | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
N.A. Vtorov | Cast | Self (Owner, Vtorovsky Armaments Factory) (archive footage) | |
Gospodin Nekrasov | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Fyodor Rodichev | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Mikhail Alekseyev | Cast | Self (with Tsar Nicholas) (archive footage) | |
Alexei Brusilov | Cast | Self (Consults with Another Officer) (archive footage) | |
Alexander Kolchak | Cast | Actor | Self (Aboard Ship) (archive footage) |
Vera Figner | Cast | Self (People's Will Party, in Open Car) (archive footage) | |
Aleksandr Izvolsky | Cast | Actor | Self (Ambassador to France, Gets in Carriage) (archive footage) |
Irakli Tseretelli | Cast | Self (Leader, Mensheviks) (archive footage) | |
Grand Duchess Tatiana | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
P.V. Krupensky | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
V.A. Maklakov | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Mikhail Rodzyanko | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Vladimir Sukhomlinov | Cast | Self (in Plain Field Uniform Coat) (archive footage) | |
Aleksey Nikolaeyvitch Romanov | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Grand Duchess Marie | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Nikolai Yudenich | Cast | Self (Signs Papers) (archive footage) | |
Aleksei Sergeevich Suvorin | Cast | Self (Leader, Monarchist Press, Vremya) (archive footage) | |
Grand Duchess Olga | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Paul Milyukov | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Joseph Joffre | Cast | Self (with Millerand) (archive footage) | |
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
