The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty
1927-03-11
87 mins
The Plot
A compilation of newsreels shot between 1913 and 1917 - the years leading up to the Russian Revolution.
Cast and Crew
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)
Joseph Joffre
Self (with Millerand) (archive footage)
Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany
Self (archive footage)
Governor of Kaluga
Self (archive footage)
Alexander Kerensky
Self (Doffs Fur Hat, Shakes Hands of Soldiers) (archive footage)
King George V of the United Kingdom
Self (in Ceremonial Carriage, Not Visible) (archive footage)
Alexander Kolchak
Self (Aboard Ship) (archive footage)
P.V. Krupensky
Self (archive footage)
Vladimir Lenin
Self (archive footage)
V.A. Maklakov
Self (archive footage)
Alexandre Millerand
Self (French War Minister, with Joffre) (archive footage)
Paul Milyukov
Self (archive footage)
Gospodin Nekrasov
Self (archive footage)
Raymond Poincaré
Self (Visits Russia Just Before War Begins) (archive footage)
Vladimir Purishkevich
Self (archive footage)
Fyodor Rodichev
Self (archive footage)
Mikhail Rodzyanko
Self (archive footage)
Aleksey Nikolaeyvitch Romanov
Self (archive footage)
Vasily Shulgin
Self (archive footage) (as V.V. Shulgin)
Vladimir Sukhomlinov
Self (in Plain Field Uniform Coat) (archive footage)
Aleksei Sergeevich Suvorin
Self (Leader, Monarchist Press, Vremya) (archive footage)
Czar Nicholas II of Russia
Self (archive footage)
Tsarina Alexandra
Self (archive footage)
Irakli Tseretelli
Self (Leader, Mensheviks) (archive footage)
N.A. Vtorov
Self (Owner, Vtorovsky Armaments Factory) (archive footage)