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Nicholas and Alexandra Director: Franklin J. Schaffner Cast: Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman, Harry Andrews, Irene Worth

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  • DVD Release Date: 07/27/1999
  • Original Release: 1971
  • Rating: Rated PG
  • Sales Rank: 2,852

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Digitally remastered audio & video; Production notes; Interactive menus; Langauge: English [mono]; Subtitles: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Thai; Theatrical trailer; Scene selections; Talent and filmographies; Original featurette

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Side #1 --
1. Start [3:11]
2. "I Have a Son" [12:19]
3. Mama's Birthday [1:51]
4. Fantastic Holy Fellow [6:29]
5. Hemophilia [8:01]
6. "My Baby's Dying" [2:05]
7. Sending for Rasputin [5:02]
8. Winter Palace Massacre [5:37]
9. Summer Vacation [7:49]
10. Rasputin Says Goodbye [1:08]
11. "Bring Him Back!" [6:41]
12. Opera Shooting [6:38]
13. Severe Attack [9:19]
14. Rasputin Returns [6:36]
15. Germany Declares War [15:53]
16. Dismissed [9:47]
17. Assassination Party [9:20]
18. Chaos Comes to Russia [8:06]
19. The Tsar Abdicates [2:47]
20. Nicholas Returns Home [8:55]
21. A Hero's Welcome [8:02]
22. Siberia [3:22]
23. Grand Duchesses' Defense [2:05]
24. A Hero's Welcome [2:57]
25. Siberia [1:59]
26. Alexis' Desperate Act [11:18]
27. Imprisoned [15:38]
28. In the Cellar [5:08]

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Nicholas and Alexandra covers the rise and fall of the last of the Russian Romanovs. We first meet Czar Nicholas (Michael Jayston) and his German bride Alexandra (Janet Suzman) at their 1894 wedding. Though Nicholas is devoted to Alexandra, the Russian populace is less politely inclined to having a "foreigner" as their Czarina. Alexandra gains favor when she gives birth to the much-loved Prince Alexis (Roderick Noble). Alas, Alexis suffers from hemophilia, a disease which strikes every second generation of Alexandra's family. When all conventional medical ministrations fail, Alexandra puts the fate of her son in the hands of mystical holy man Rasputin (Tom Baker, later famous for his portrayal of Doctor Who). As Rasputin's influence and power grows, the Russian peasantry becomes more restless and disgruntled. They are now willing to listen to the speeches of such rabble-rousers as Lenin (Michael Bryant) and Trotsky (Brian Cox), who sow the seeds of revolution. Even after the murder of Rasputin, the Bolsheviks are unsatisfied: The revolution finally comes to pass in October of 1917. At first, the moderate Kerensky (John McEnery) pleads with his followers to allow the Romanovs safe passage out of Russia. But the radicals seize control, and on July 16, 1918, the royal family is summarily executed. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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January 04, 2004: Nicholas and Alexandra is a powerful film that sweeps us back to the extraordinary world of Imperial Russia to tell the powerful and haunting story of the Romanovs' lives; with Nicholas's political naivete, Alexandra's obsession with the strange and corrupt mystic Rasputin, and little Alexis's brave struggle with hemophilia. Against a lavish backdrop of luxury, mystery and intrigue, one of the greatest films unfolds a powerful drama of passion and history- the story of a doomed empire and the death marked royals who watched it crumble.