The Romanovs: An Imperial Family

The Romanovs An Imperial Family Russian . , Romanovy Ventsenosnaya semya is a 2000 Russian film about the last days of Tsar Nicholas II and his family. The Russian title implies both the Imperial Crown of Russia and the crown of thorns associated with martyrs. The film premiered at the 22nd annual Moscow Film Festival.

At the Palace, Alexandra is told that she and her husband are no longer Emperor and Empress and that they are now under house arrest. Alexandra asks M. Gilliard, the French tutor, to tell her son the news. Nicholas, no longer tsar, returns to his family at the Alexander Palace. The next day, Nicholas, Alexandra, the two older Grand Duchesses, and Alexei are introduced to Alexander Kerensky of the Provisional Government. Olga does not seem to like him Tatiana says that he does not respect the extsar and tsarina because they are private citizens. Alexandra is hurt and Tatiana tells her that shes getting bald. Olga reassures her mother that it is normal that she and her sisters are losing their hair because they have been sick with measles. Alexandra decides to shave her childrens heads. One night Alexandra wakes up screaming. She tells Nicholas that she had a dream in which Grigori Rasputin showed her a vision of the future.On August 1, 1917, the Imperial Family and four of their loyal servants leave the Palace for the last time. They see Nicholass brother Michael Alexandrovich before they leave. They are transferred to Tobolsk, a village in Siberia, to live in the Governors Mansion under house arrest. The Grand Duchesses continue their everyday lives. They play the piano while Alexei draws ships. One day, Olga is playing the piano when a guard downstairs is playing another song on the mandolin, his name is Andrei Denisov. Olga starts playing the same song that Denisov is playing. They all start dancing as he keeps playing the mandolin. The Imperial Family and their former servants live a simple life. Their everyday lives consist of cutting wood, snow sledding, and family dinners. One day, Olga and Denisov fall in love with each other. With another revolution comes another change in the Russian Government. In November 1917, the Bolsheviks who form the first Soviet Republic overthrow the Provisional Government. The family is photographed and new, more aggressive guard

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