Nicholas and Alexandra
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Movie Review: Nicholas and Alexandra DID have British accents
Summary: 5 Stars
I loved movie as a teenager and I still love it in my 40's. I am a huge history buff, and it is important to me that films like this be historically accurate -- which Nicholas & Alexandra certainly is. It does take a somewhat "soap opera" view of history, focusing on the personal problems of the Tsar's family. But that is exactly what it sets out to do -- tell the personal story of the last Tsar and Empress. And what a story! A fiction writer would have a hard time coming up with a plot involving the all powerful ruler of Russia, a sick child, a bizarre, crude, "holy" peasant with supposed healing powers, a World War, a pair of revolutions, murder, mayhem, you name it. And, for the benefit of the writers who have raised the subject of Nicholas and Alexandra's British accents in the film, in real life, they always spoke to each other in English. Alexandra was raised primarily in England, by her maternal grandmother, Queen Victoria. So English was her native language, which she spoke with a British accent. Nicholas had a British accent as well, since he learned English from his English nanny -- and the fact that his aunt was the Queen of England probably didn't hurt. Their letters to each other were also all in English. They have been published, and make facinating reading.Movie Review: Nicholas and Alexandra DID have British accents
Summary: 5 Stars
I loved movie as a teenager and I still love it in my 40's. I am a huge history buff, and it is important to me that films like this be historically accurate -- which Nicholas & Alexandra certainly is. It does take a somewhat "soap opera" view of history, focusing on the personal problems of the Tsar's family. But that is exactly what it sets out to do -- tell the personal story of the last Tsar and Empress. And what a story! A fiction writer would have a hard time coming up with a plot involving the all powerful ruler of Russia, a sick child, a bizarre, crude, "holy" peasant with supposed healing powers, a World War, a pair of revolutions, murder, mayhem, you name it. And, for the benefit of the writers who have raised the subject of Nicholas and Alexandra's British accents in the film, in real life, they always spoke to each other in English. Alexandra was raised primarily in England, by her maternal grandmother, Queen Victoria. So English was her native language, which she spoke with a British accent. Nicholas had a British accent as well, since he learned English from his English nanny -- and the fact that his aunt was the Queen of England probably didn't hurt. Their letters to each other were also all in English. They have been published, and make facinating reading.Movie Review: The greatest story ever told
Summary: 5 Stars
Wow! That pretty much sums up what i have to say about this movie, I liked it very much. This is a true classic, the movie tells the story of Russia's last Tsar and Tsarina very well. You get a feeling of sympathy for the family and you begin to feel every emotion along with them. Everything from the happy birth of the heir Alexei, to the trials of war and revolution, all the way till their end. The cast picked to play the characters were really great and I swear Michael Jayston(Nicholas)looks exactly like the real tsar. Janet Suzman,(Alexandra) plays a truly loving and devouted wife and mother, just like the real Alexandra. The four daughters are also great and play the real girls just as charming as they really were. Rodric Noble,(Alexei)plays the Tsarivich well also. They make you feel as if they are the real family.I have seen both the VHS and DVD versions and i must say that the VHS tape is terrible. There is so much cut out, so many moments that contribute to the story of the last Imperial Family of Russia. I would buy the DVD, it is full length and even gives you a behind the scenes look into the making of the film. This is a great movie, I would really encourage everyone who loves the Romanov story to buy this DVD.
Movie Review: Wonderful, tragic, story
Summary: 5 Stars
I love "Nicholas and Alexandra." I read the book when I was a teenager and it helped start me on my lifelong interest in Russian history and history in general. I saw the movie when it first came out in 1971-72 and have seen it many times since. The VHS version is OK but suffers by being too obviously edited down and shortened. The DVD version is much preferable because we now get all of the original film. The parts which were edited from the VHS version were not crucial to the story, but they add so much to it. We see Nicholas and Alexandra in a tender moment with their newborn son, before they learn of his hemophilia, Lenin with his wife helping to start the Bolshevik Party, the Tsar's daughters in a moment of light hearted play, a sweet family discussion between the Tsar, Empress, and their children, and a tense encounter between one of the daughters and a prison guard in Siberia, plus several more scenes. Furthermore, the DVD version has a "featurette" narrated by the actress who played Tatiana. This gives us some interesting behind the scenes looks at the movie's filming. So, even if you already have the VHS version, by all means buy the DVD too!Movie Review: Fine Historical Drama Focusing On The Very Private Lives Of The Last Tsar And His Family
Summary: 5 Stars
What amazes me so much about Columbia Pictures lavish 1971 release "Nicholas and Alexandra", is that this sweeping saga retelling the life of the last Tsar of Russia and his family leading up and during the bloody Russian Revolution is not better remembered today. Reviewers often seem to make the mistake in thinking that this film fails in recapturing all aspects of this turbulent time in Russia's history. However they have missed the point of the story this film tells as despite its huge scale and opulence it is very much a personal story of the Tsar and his beloved wife the Empress Alexandra and their five children and how the political upheaval of the Russian Revolution destroyed totally the privileged lives they were living. Never for one moment does the film pretend to encompass the huge political upheavals of the reign of the last Tsar despite many of the key incidents from both the 1905 and 1917 revolutions being depicted in the story. What we do have is a wonderfully lavish, beautifully acted, and for the most part sympathetic depiction of Russia's last royal family that after repeated screenings since I was eleven has made this one of my favourite films.