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Assassin of the Tsar (1991)

Obsessed with the past. Condemned to repeat it.

Genre : History, Drama

Runtime : 1H 38M

Director : Karen Shakhnazarov

Synopsis

A new doctor from Moscow arrives at a provincial mental institution. His interest is the peculiarities of the psyche of a patient who believes that he is Yakov Yurovsky, the man who assassinated the last Russian tsar. In the course of their conversations it transpires that the patient is a kind of philosopher, not without a gift for suggestion. In a while the doctor himself falls under his patient’s influence: he tends to relive that fatal night of June 16-17, 1918 when, without any investigation or trial, Tsar Nicholas II, who had recently abdicated, was murdered, together with his wife, daughters and incurably ill heir. Soon the doctor realizes that the tragedy of the last Russian tsar is in part his own tragedy, too...

Actors

Oleg Yankovskiy
Oleg Yankovskiy
Dr. Smirnov / Tsar Nicholas II
Malcolm McDowell
Malcolm McDowell
Timofeyev / Yurovsky
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
Александр Егорович
Yuriy Sherstnyov
Yuriy Sherstnyov
Kozlov
Olga Antonova
Olga Antonova
Tsarina Aleksandra
Anzhela Ptashuk
Anzhela Ptashuk
Marina
Yevgeniya Kryukova
Yevgeniya Kryukova
Princess Tatyana
Anastasiya Nemolyaeva
Anastasiya Nemolyaeva
Nurse
Natalya Kishova
Natalya Kishova
Officer's Girlfriend
Givi Tokhadze
Givi Tokhadze
general
Yuri Belyayev
Yuri Belyayev
Alexander II
Albina Skarga
Albina Skarga
Venyamin Smekhov
Venyamin Smekhov
Andrey Kharybin
Andrey Kharybin
Vladimir Ilich Lenin
Anton Tabakov
Anton Tabakov
mental patient (uncredited)
Pavel Kornakov
Pavel Kornakov
Igor Maslov
Igor Maslov
officer (uncredited)
Vera Romanova
Vera Romanova

Crews

Karen Shakhnazarov
Karen Shakhnazarov
Director
Aleksandr Borodyanskiy
Aleksandr Borodyanskiy
Writer
Karen Shakhnazarov
Karen Shakhnazarov
Writer
Lyudmila Kusakova
Lyudmila Kusakova
Production Design
Aleksandr Petrov
Aleksandr Petrov
Set Designer
Nikolay Nemolyaev
Nikolay Nemolyaev
Director of Photography
Vladislav Shut
Vladislav Shut
Original Music Composer
John Altman
John Altman
Original Music Composer
Lidiya Milioti
Lidiya Milioti
Editor
Vera Romanova
Vera Romanova
Costume Design
Larisa Makhlayeva
Larisa Makhlayeva
Assistant Director
Igor Mayorov
Igor Mayorov
Sound
Benjamin Brahms
Benjamin Brahms
Executive Producer
Christopher Gawor
Christopher Gawor
Producer
Erik Waisberg
Erik Waisberg
Producer
Anthony Sloman
Anthony Sloman
Producer
Alexander Moody
Alexander Moody
Associate Producer
Vladimir Dostal
Vladimir Dostal
Executive Producer

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