Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.1/10   

Director:

Franklin J. Schaffner

Escritores:

Edward Bond (additional dialogue)
James Goldman (screenplay) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

13 diciembre 1971 (USA)

Género:

Biografía | Drama | Historia | Guerra

Plot:

Czar Nicholas II, the inept monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.

Plot Keywords:

Czar | Russian Revolution | Execution | Siberia | Rasputin

Premios:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 11 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Wonderful!

Reparto

Michael Jayston	...	Nicholas
Janet Suzman	...	Alexandra
Roderic Noble	...	Alexis
Ania Marson	...	Olga
Lynne Frederick	...	Tatiana
Candace Glendenning	...	Marie
Fiona Fullerton	...	Anastasia
Harry Andrews	...	Grand Duke Nicholas (Nikolasha)
Irene Worth	...	The Queen Mother Marie Fedorovna
Tom Baker	...	Rasputin
Jack Hawkins	...	Count Fredericks
Timothy West	...	Dr. Botkin
Katherine Schofield	...	Tegleva
Jean-Claude Drouot	...	Gilliard
John Hallam	...	Nagorny

También conocida como:

Nicolás y Alejandra (Spain) [es]

Duración:

183 min | UK:189 min

País:

UK

Idioma:

Inglés | Francés | Alemán | Ruso

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

2.20 : 1

Sonido:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) (UK release) | Mono (35 mm prints)

Clasificación:

Iceland:16 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) (1986) | USA:GP (original rating) | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | Singapore:PG

Locaciones de Filmación:

Sa Conca Beach, S'Agaró, Castell-Paltja d'Aro, Girona, Cataluña, Spain

Compañía:

Horizon Pictures (II)

Trivialidades:

First Cinema film of Janet Suzman.

Errores:

Errores Reales: In the final scene of the film, just before she is shot, Alexandra crosses herself from left to right in the Roman Catholic fashion rather than from right to left, the Russian Orthodox way, that she did correctly in all other scenes in which she made the Sign of the Cross.

Citas:

Tsar Nicholas II: A son! I have a son.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in "The Charlie Rose Show: Quentin Tarantino" (1994)

Banda de Sonido:

Yankee Doodle

Wonderful!

Nicholas was King George V's cousin and Alexandra was Queen Victoria's granddaughter, so the casting of British actors Michael Jayston and Janet Suzman was a stroke of genius (and they are hardly "unknown" actors, at least in Britain). You actually believe they ARE the couple. Michael Jayston is truly remarkable as Nicholas and even resembles him. The rest of the cast is superb, especially Tom Baker's portrayal as Rasputin . . . marvelous!

The movie sticks pretty much to the facts. Keep in mind, Nicholas was not a bad man, but he didn't want to be Czar. He would have preferred to be a potato farmer. You feel the fear growing as Nicholas and his family slowly withdraw into their own world because of Alexis' Hemophilia. Nichola's stand that "God meant for me to rule" causes him to rarely listen to the good advice of the people around him and not heed the warning that he not go to the front to "take charge." Add to this the rumor of Alexandra being a German spy, Rasputin's death by Prince Yusupov and Grand Duke Dimitry, the loss of thousands of soldiers, the starving Russian people . . . and Nicholas leaves the door wide open for Lenin and his eventual return to power. After he abdicates, he and his family are shuttled around until they end up in Ekaterinburg and "The House of Special Purpose."

This is a great movie. See it if you have a long afternoon with nothing to do, you won't regret it.

BTW, the DVD version adds deleted scenes that sew up some loose ends.