The Romanovs: Glory and Fall of the Czars
Sep 01 2013
•1h 28m
•Documentary, History, TV Movie
Yekaterinburg, Russia, July 17th, 1917. Czar Nicholas II Romanov and his entire family are brutally murdered by the Bolsheviks. This tragic event puts an end to the long dynasty that had ruled the country with an iron hand since the coronation of Michael I Romanov in 1613.
Cast
See allIrina Sherbakova
Herself - Historian
Aleksandr Sokurov
Himself - Filmmaker
Viktor Yerofeyev
Himself - Writer
Paul Edward Kulikovsky
Himself - Descendant
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