The read
It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
A compilation of newsreels shot between 1913 and 1917 - the years leading up to the Russian Revolution.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
21 audience votes
Key crew
- Esfir ShubWriter
- Esfir ShubDirector
Cast
- Mikhail AlekseyevSelf (with Tsar Nicholas) (archive footage)
- Alexei BrusilovSelf (Consults with Another Officer) (archive footage)
- Nikolai ChkheidzeSelf (Chairman, 1st Session, Petrograd Soviet) (archive footage)
- Emperor Franz JosefSelf (Reviews Troops) (archive footage)
- Vera FignerSelf (People's Will Party, in Open Car) (archive footage)
- Grand Duchess AnastasiaSelf (archive footage)
- Grand Duchess MarieSelf (archive footage)
- Grand Duchess OlgaSelf (archive footage)
- Grand Duchess TatianaSelf (archive footage)
- Aleksandr GuchkovSelf (archive footage)
- IliodorSelf (Monk, Rasputin's Rival) (archive footage) (as Illiodor)
- Aleksandr IzvolskySelf (Ambassador to France, Gets in Carriage) (archive footage)
Stills
Themes
archive footagewoman director