La caduta della dinastia dei Romanov (1927) Online
- Original Title :
- Padenie dinastii Romanovykh
- Genre :
- Movie / Documentary / History
- Year :
- 1927
- Directror :
- Esfir Shub
- Cast :
- Mikhail Alekseyev,Alexei Brusilov,Nikolai Chkheidze
- Writer :
- V.I. Lenin,Esfir Shub
- Type :
- Movie
- Time :
- 1h 30min
- Rating :
- 6.7/10
In May 1913 the Romanov Dynasty celebrates its 300th anniversary at the Russian throne. The last emperor in the long line is czar Nicholas II. He rules over a country with huge social and economic differences. Russia is for the most part still an agrarian society, but capitalism and its industries are growing. In 1914 Russia gets involved in the First World War. Czar Nicholas II declares a general mobilization. A vast number of peasants and workers have to go to the front as soldiers. After three years the country is ruined by the war, and there is a shortage of provisions. In February 1917 workers begin striking in the capital, Petrograd. Their protests are soon joined by soldiers. A complete anarchy is threatening the country, when the parliament, called the duma, reorganizes the power structure by forming a new Provisional Government. At the same time the Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies forms another ruling body at the City Hall of Petrograd. In this situation czar ...
Credited cast: | |||
Mikhail Alekseyev | - | Himself (with Tsar Nicholas) (archive footage) | |
Alexei Brusilov | - | Himself (consults with another officer) (archive footage) | |
Nikolai Chkheidze | - | Himself (chairman, 1st session, Petrograd Soviet) (archive footage) | |
Emperor Franz Josef | - | Himself (reviews troops) (archive footage) | |
Vera Figner | - | Herself (People's Will Party, in open car) (archive footage) | |
Aleksandr Guchkov | - | Himself (archive footage) | |
Iliodor | - | Himself (monk, Rasputin's rival) (archive footage) (as Illiodor) | |
Aleksandr Izvolsky | - | Himself (ambassador to France, gets into carriage) (archive footage) | |
Joseph Joffre | - | Himself (with Millerand) (archive footage) | |
Kaiser Wilhelm II | - | Himself (archive footage) | |
Governor of Kaluga | - | Himself (governor, Kaluga, with wife, dog, servants) (archive footage) | |
Aleksandr Kerensky | - | Himself (doffs fur hat, shakes hands of soldiers) (archive footage) | |
King George V | - | Himself (in ceremonial carriage, not visible) (archive footage) | |
Aleksandr Kolchak | - | Himself (aboard ship) (archive footage) | |
P.V. Krupensky | - | Himself (archive footage) |
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