The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty

The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty

90 mins | Documentary, History | March 11, 1927

The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty was pieced together by documentarian Esfir Shub from material recorded between 1913 and 1917, and represents the final years leading up to the Russian Revolution. Through editing, Shub casts a critical, ironic light on the former czarist regime. The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty is the first film in Esfir Shub's trilogy that continued with The Great Road (1927), and concluded with Lev Tolstoy and the Russia of Nicolai II (1928).

The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty

90 mins | Documentary, History | March 11, 1927

The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty
The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty was pieced together by documentarian Esfir Shub from material recorded between 1913 and 1917, and represents the final years leading up to the Russian Revolution. Through editing, Shub casts a critical, ironic light on the former czarist regime. The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty is the first film in Esfir Shub's trilogy that continued with The Great Road (1927), and concluded with Lev Tolstoy and the Russia of Nicolai II (1928).
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Sovkino, Museum of the Revolution, Moscow
Original title Падение династии Романовых
Directors Esfir Shub
Writers Vladimir Lenin, Esfir Shub

Cast

Mikhail Alekseyev

as Self (with Tsar Nicholas) (archive footage)

Alexei Brusilov

as Self (Consults with Another Officer) (archive footage)

Nikolai Chkheidze

as Self (Chairman, 1st Session, Petrograd Soviet) (archive footage)

Emperor Franz Josef

as Self (Reviews Troops) (archive footage)

Vera Figner

as Self (People's Will Party, in Open Car) (archive footage)

Grand Duchess Anastasia

as Self (archive footage)

Grand Duchess Marie

as Self (archive footage)

Grand Duchess Olga

as Self (archive footage)

Grand Duchess Tatiana

as Self (archive footage)

Aleksandr Guchkov

as Self (archive footage)

Iliodor

as Self (Monk, Rasputin's Rival) (archive footage) (as Illiodor)

Aleksandr Izvolsky

as Self (Ambassador to France, Gets in Carriage) (archive footage)

Joseph Joffre

as Self (with Millerand) (archive footage)

Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany

as Self (archive footage)

Governor of Kaluga

as Self (archive footage)

Alexander Kerensky

as Self (Doffs Fur Hat, Shakes Hands of Soldiers) (archive footage)

King George V of the United Kingdom

as Self (in Ceremonial Carriage, Not Visible) (archive footage)

Alexander Kolchak

as Self (Aboard Ship) (archive footage)

P.V. Krupensky

as Self (archive footage)

Vladimir Lenin

as Self (archive footage)

V.A. Maklakov

as Self (archive footage)

Alexandre Millerand

as Self (French War Minister, with Joffre) (archive footage)

Paul Milyukov

as Self (archive footage)

Gospodin Nekrasov

as Self (archive footage)

Raymond Poincaré

as Self (Visits Russia Just Before War Begins) (archive footage)

Vladimir Purishkevich

as Self (archive footage)

Fyodor Rodichev

as Self (archive footage)

Mikhail Rodzyanko

as Self (archive footage)

Aleksey Nikolaeyvitch Romanov

as Self (archive footage)

Vasily Shulgin

as Self (archive footage) (as V.V. Shulgin)

Vladimir Sukhomlinov

as Self (in Plain Field Uniform Coat) (archive footage)

Aleksei Sergeevich Suvorin

as Self (Leader, Monarchist Press, Vremya) (archive footage)

Czar Nicholas II of Russia

as Self (archive footage)

Tsarina Alexandra

as Self (archive footage)

Irakli Tseretelli

as Self (Leader, Mensheviks) (archive footage)

N.A. Vtorov

as Self (Owner, Vtorovsky Armaments Factory) (archive footage)

Nikolai Yudenich

as Self (Signs Papers) (archive footage)