Nicholas and Alexandra

Nicholas and Alexandra is a 1971 biographical film which partly tells the story of the last ruling Russian monarch, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, and his wife, Tsarina Alexandra.

The story begins with the birth of Tsarevich Alexei onAugust 1904 during the RussoJapanese War. Tsar Nicholas Michael Jayston is warned by the Prime Minister Count Witte Laurence Olivier and his uncle Grand Duke Nicholas Harry Andrews that the war is futile and costing too many lives. They tell him the Russian people want representative government, health care, voting and workers rights, but Nicholas wants to maintain the autocracy. Meanwhile, underground political parties led by Vladimir Lenin Michael Bryant, Joseph Stalin James Hazeldine and Leon Trotsky Brian Cox have formed.Alexei is diagnosed with hemophilia. The Tsarina Alexandra Janet Suzman, a German, is disliked by the Russian royal court. She befriends Grigori Rasputin Tom Baker, a Siberian peasant who describes himself as a holy man. Alexandra asks him to pray for Alexei, and believes in his healing abilities. ........

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