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.
as Matilda Kschessinska
as Nicolas II
as Alexandra Feodorovna
as Vorontsov
as Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)
as Alexandre III
as Ivan Karlovich
as Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia
as Maria Pavlovna, wife of prince Vladimir
as Vladimir Aleksandrovich, great Duke
as Vlasov, head of detective police
as Fishel, psychiatrist
as Pierina Legnani
as Kawakami, massage therapist
as ballerina
as Pobedonostsev
as director's assistant
