The Last Czars
A Chronicled look at the fall of the Romanov dynasty in Russia.
Genre: Documentary, Drama, History
Cast:Robert Jack , Susanna Herbert , Ben Cartwright , Oliver Dimsdale , Bernice Stegers , Steffan Boje , Indre Patkauskaite , Pablo de Orellana , Elsie Bennett , Jurga Seduikyte , Duncan Pow , Karina Stungyte , Milda Noreikaite , Michelle Bonnard , Gavin Mitchell , Sarah Ball , Simonas Dovidauskas , Mark Frost
S1.E1 ∙ The Chosen One
Czar Nicholas II takes the Russian throne in 1894 and rejects modern ideas to embrace a pure autocracy. Tragedy marks his coronation day.
S1.E2 ∙ The Boy
Russia's disastrous war against Japan prompts civil unrest. Prince Alexei is diagnosed with hemophilia, and Siberian mystic Rasputin steps in.
S1.E3 ∙ Anarchy
Rasputin's influence grows. The Romanovs retreat into a bubble of luxury while the czar's forces brutally suppress protests by a starving populace.
S1.E4 ∙ War
World War I takes Nicholas to the front. Back home, outrage grows over high casualties and Alexandra and Rasputin's political intrigues.
S1.E5 ∙ Revolution
Rasputin is gone, but Nicholas continues his catastrophic policies in war and at home. Deprivation pushes the population from unrest to revolution.
S1.E6 ∙ The House of Special Purpose
The czar abdicates, and civil war erupts. As pro-royalist forces close in on the house where the Romanovs are imprisoned, the family's fate is sealed.
