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Nicholas and Alexandra
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Nicholas and Alexandra is a 1971 biographical, drama, and historical film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and produced by Sam Spiegel for Columbia Pictures, with a screenplay by Edward Bond and James Goldman and a score by Richard Rodney Bennett. Its main subject is the Russian Revolution, and it was filmed in Spain with a narrative set in Poland. The cast includes Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman, Ania Marson, and Lynne Frederick, with production design by John Box and costumes by Antonio Castillo. It won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, the Academy Award for Best Production Design, and the National Board of Review's Top Ten Films, and was also nominated for Best Picture, Best Actress, and Best Cinematography. Produced in the United Kingdom and the United States and spoken in English and German, it runs 189 minutes.
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7.0Tsar Nicholas II, the inept last monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.
Cast
- Michael Jayston as Nicholas
- Janet Suzman as Alexandra
- Roderic Noble as Alexis
- Ania Marson as Olga
- Lynne Frederick as Tatiana
- Candace Glendenning as Marie
Themes
- based on novel or book
- czar / tsar / tzar
- russian revolution (1917)
- imperial russia
- 1900s
- romanov dinasty
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Ratings
IMDb
7.2/10
5,903 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
69%
Metacritic
57/100
- Year
- 1971
- Runtime
- 183 min
- Genres
- Biography, Drama, History
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- Won 2 Oscars. 3 wins & 11 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Franklin J. Schaffner
- Screenplay by
- James Goldman
- Based on
- Nicholas and Alexandra , 1967 book, by Robert K. Massie
- Produced by
- Sam Spiegel
- Starring
- Michael Jayston Janet Suzman Laurence Olivier Tom Baker Harry Andrews Irene Worth Jack Hawkins
- Cinematography
- Freddie Young
- Edited by
- Ernest Walter
- Music by
- Richard Rodney Bennett
- Production company
- Horizon Pictures
- Distributed by
- Columbia - Warner Distributors
- Release dates
- 29 November 1971 (Royal Command Performance), 13 December 1971 ( 1971-12-13 )
- Running time
- 188 minutes
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English, French, German, Russian
- Budget
- ~$9 million
- Box office
- $7 million (rentals)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- German
- Main subject
- Russian Revolution
- Director
- Franklin J. Schaffner
- Screenwriter
- Edward Bond
- Composer
- Richard Rodney Bennett
- Producer
- Sam Spiegel
- Cinematographer
- Freddie Young
- Narrative location
- Poland
- Filming location
- Spain
- Duration
- 190
- FilmAffinity ID
- 810227
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- publication date
- 1974-05-28
- title
- Nicholas and Alexandra
- distributed by
- Columbia Pictures
- production designer
- John Box
- costume designer
- Antonio Castillo
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 69%
- characters
- Maurice Paléologue
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Encyclopedic overview
Nicholas and Alexandra is a 1971 British epic historical drama film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, from a screenplay by James Goldman and Edward Bond based on Robert K. Massie's 1967 book of the same name. It tells the story of the last ruling Russian monarch, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (Michael Jayston), and his wife, Tsarina Alexandra (Janet Suzman), from 1904 until their deaths in 1918. The ensemble cast includes Tom Baker as Grigori Rasputin, Laurence Olivier as Sergei Witte, Brian Cox as Leon Trotsky, Ian Holm as Vasily Yakovlev, Vivian Pickles as Nadezhda Krupskaya, and Irene Worth as The Queen Mother Marie Fedorovna.
The film was theatrically released on 13 December 1971 by Columbia Pictures to mixed reviews and commercial failure, grossing $7 million on a $9 million budget. Regardless, the film received six nominations at the 44th Academy Awards, including for Best Picture and Best Actress (Suzman), and won two: Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design.
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