07 Mar 1975
Mirror
A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and juxtapose pivotal moments in Soviet history with daily life.
Rasputin: Murder in the Tsar's Court
St. Petersburg, Russia, December 30th, 1916. Grigori Rasputin is assassinated. The story of the humble peasant who became the most influential adviser to czarina Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of the last czar, Nicholas II Romanov.
Top Billed Cast
Mechthild Großmann Herself - Narrator (voice)
Laurence Huot-Solovieff Herself - Descendant
Boris Kolonitsky Himself - Historian
Sergei Mironenko Himself - Historian
Olga Utotschkina Herself - Historian
Marie Turquois-Bowman Herself - Writer
Florian Langer Himself - Physician
Alexei Larionov Himself - Art Historian
Yulia Pashkovskaya Herself - Hotel Manager
Natalia Saizeva Herself - Historian
Czar Nicholas II of Russia Himself (archive footage)
Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna Herself (archive footage)
Czarevitch Alexei Nikolaevich Himself (archive footage)
Vladimir Lenin Himself (archive footage)
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