The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty

Overview

A compilation of newsreels shot between 1913 and 1917 - the years leading up to the Russian Revolution.

Details

Cast

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)