I was truly dissappointed with this film. Its crap, there is no real story line or plot, you have no idea of what is really going on at any giving time. Sure you supposedly encounter famous russian people through the film, but you never truly know who your looking at, and when you do, there are never any really good close up shots of any of the greats, such as catherine and nicholas. I think this film is a monumental waste of money, time, film, so forth and so on. I wouldnt force anyone to watch this piece of crap.