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Nicholas and Alexandra( 1971)

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Overview

Tsar Nicholas II, the inept last monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Michael Jayston

      Nicholas

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      Janet Suzman

      Alexandra

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      Roderic Noble

      Alexis

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      Ania Marson

      Olga

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      Lynne Frederick

      Tatiana

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      Candace Glendenning

      Marie

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      Fiona Fullerton

      Anastasia

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      Harry Andrews

      Grand Duke Nicholas (Nikolasha)

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      Irene Worth

      The Queen Mother Marie Fedorovna

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      Tom Baker

      Rasputin

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      Jack Hawkins

      Count Fredericks

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      Timothy West

      Dr. Botkin

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      Katherine Schofield

      Tegleva

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      Jean-Claude Drouot

      Gilliard

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      John Hallam

      Nagorny

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      Guy Rolfe

      Dr. Fedorov

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      John Wood

      Col. Kobylinsky

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      Laurence Olivier

      Count Witte

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      Eric Porter

      Stolypin

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      Michael Redgrave

      Sazonov

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      Maurice Denham

      Kokovtsov

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      Ralph Truman

      Rodzianko

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      Gordon Gostelow

      Guchkov

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      John McEnery

      Kerensky

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      Michael Bryant

      Lenin

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      Vivian Pickles

      Mme. Krupskaya

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      Brian Cox

      Trotsky

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      James Hazeldine

      Stalin

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      Stephen Greif

      Martov

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      Steven Berkoff

      Pankratov

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      Ian Holm

      Yakovlev

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      Alan Webb

      Yurovsky

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      Leon Lissek

      Avadayev

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      David Giles

      Goloshchekin

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      Roy Dotrice

      General Alexeiev

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      Martin Potter

      Prince Yussoupov

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      Vernon Dobtcheff

      Dr. Lazovert

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      Alexander Knox

      The American Ambassador

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      Ralph Neville

      The British Ambassador

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      George Rigaud

      The French Ambassador

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      Richard Warwick

      Grand Duke Dmitry

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      Curd Jürgens

      German Consul to Switzerland

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      Julian Glover

      Gapon

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      John Shrapnel

      Petya

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      Diana Quick

      Sonya

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      John Forbes-Robertson

      Colonel Voikov

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      Alan Dalton

      Flautist

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      David Baxter

      Young Bolshevik

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      Penny Sugg

      Young Opera Singer

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      Frank Braña

      Royal Sentry at Winter Palace (uncredited)

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      Jeremy Brett

      (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Wed Oct 15 2025
    To be fair to Sam Spiegel, he didn’t hold the purse strings too tightly on this sumptuous dramatisation of the lives of Czar Nicholas II (Michael Jayston) and his wife Alexandra (Janet Suzman) and it looks almost as stunning as “Doctor Zhivago” (1965). Sadly, though, that look doesn’t translate into anything very compelling to watch as neither lead actor really has what it takes to enliven either their roles or the tumultuous events at this fascinatingly turbulent time in European history. Luck isn’t exactly on the Romanov side right from the start when their only son Alexis is born with haemop...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • epic
    • based on novel or book
    • czar / tsar / tzar
    • russian revolution (1917)
    • imperial russia
    • 1900s
    • romanov dinasty