The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty
Directed by Esfir Shub
Produced by Museum of the Revolution, Moscow, Sovkino
A historical documentary assembled from archival newsreels that traces the collapse of imperial Russia through fragmented, documentary evidence of a doomed era.
A compilation of newsreels shot between 1913 and 1917 - the years leading up to the Russian Revolution.
Essence
Ensemble
Mikhail Alekseyev
Self (with Tsar Nicholas) (archive footage)
Alexei Brusilov
Self (Consults with Another Officer) (archive footage)
Nikolai Chkheidze
Self (Chairman, 1st Session, Petrograd Soviet) (archive footage)
Emperor Franz Josef
Self (Reviews Troops) (archive footage)
Vera Figner
Self (People's Will Party, in Open Car) (archive footage)
Grand Duchess Anastasia
Self (archive footage)
Grand Duchess Marie
Self (archive footage)
Grand Duchess Olga
Self (archive footage)
Grand Duchess Tatiana
Self (archive footage)
Aleksandr Guchkov
Self (archive footage)
Iliodor
Self (Monk, Rasputin's Rival) (archive footage) (as Illiodor)
Aleksandr Izvolsky
Self (Ambassador to France, Gets in Carriage) (archive footage)
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