The Last Czars (2019)
A Chronicled look at the fall of the Romanov dynasty in Russia.
Cast: Robert Jack, Susanna Herbert, Ben Cartwright, Oliver Dimsdale, Bernice Stegers, Steffan Boje, Indre Patkauskaite, Elsie Bennett, Jurga Seduikyte, Duncan Pow, Karina Stungyte, Milda Noreikaite, Michelle Bonnard
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.
Revolution
Rasputin is gone, but Nicholas continues his catastrophic policies in war and at home. Deprivation pushes the population from unrest to revolution.
War
World War I takes Nicholas to the front. Back home, outrage grows over high casualties and Alexandra and Rasputin’s political intrigues.
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.
The Boy
Russia’s disastrous war against Japan prompts civil unrest. Prince Alexei is diagnosed with hemophilia, and Siberian mystic Rasputin steps in.
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.