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The tragic story of Nicholas II (Michael Jayston), the last Czar of Russia, set against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution. It is an inside look into the private lives of Nicholas and his wife Alexandra (Janet Suzman), their daughters, their only son, and the painful secret about their son and heir apparent which bound the Imperial Couple to the mystical Grigori Rasputin (Tom Baker), and the eventual execution of the entire family.
Epic tale of the last years of Russias Romanov dynasty, from the birth of Prince Alexei in 1904 until the familys execution in 1918. The Romanovs are absolute rulers, amongst the last of their kind in Europe, living in luxury while the vast majority of Russians lived in absolute poverty. Russia is also involved in a costly war with Japan over the Korean peninsula, and the Czar rejects all recommendations that he bring the war to an end. Moderate reformers argue in favor of a constitutional monarchy as is found in the United Kingdom, but Nicholas (Michael Jayston) will hear nothing of it, continuing his fathers harsh policies and retaining absolute control. Revolutionaries abound, and the rise of the Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin (Michael Bryant), Joseph Stalin (James Hazeldine), and Leon Trotsky (Brian Cox), slowly begin to gain an advantage. The Czars decision, against advice, to authorize a general mobilization in 1914 leads to the disaster (for them) of World War I on the front, and Czarina Alexandras (Janet Suzmans) insistence on relying on Father Grigori, a.k.a. Rasputin (Tom Baker), for advice further alienates the family from those who nominally support them. With the Russian people starving and general strikes spreading across the country, the Czar is forced to abdicate. Before the year is out, the Bolsheviks will be in power, and the Romanovs in custody. The entire family, the Czar, Czarina, four daughters, and one son, were executed in July 1918.
Michael Jayston
Nicholas
Janet Suzman
Alexandra
Roderic Noble
Alexis
Ania Marson
Olga
Lynne Frederick
Tatiana
Candace Glendenning
Marie
Fiona Fullerton
Anastasia
Harry Andrews
Grand Duke Nicholas (Nikolasha)
Irene Worth
The Queen Mother Marie Fedorovna
Tom Baker
Rasputin
Jack Hawkins
Count Fredericks
Timothy West
Dr. Botkin
Katherine Schofield
Tegleva
Jean-Claude Drouot
Gilliard
John Hallam
Nagorny
Guy Rolfe
Dr. Fedorov
John Wood
Col. Kobylinsky
Laurence Olivier
Count Witte
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