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Nicholas and Alexandra
( Drama / History / War )


Nicholas and Alexandra Poster



US Runtime: 189 min

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Premiere Date:
Nov 29, 1971   [UK]
 
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner   [Director]
 
Writer: James Goldman   [Screenplay]
 
Producers: Andrew Donally   [Associate Producer]
Sam Spiegel   [Producer]
 
Cinematography: Freddie Young   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: Ernest Walter   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by Richard Rodney Bennett   [Original Music Composer]
 
Production Design: Ernest Archer   [Production Design]
John Box   [Production Design]
Jack Maxsted   [Production Design]
Gil Parrondo   [Production Design]
 
Costume Design: Yvonne Blake   [Costume Design]
Anthony Powell   [Costume Design]
Antonio Cánovas del Castillo de Rey   [Costume Design]
 
Casting by Maude Spector   [Casting]
 
Production Company: Horizon Pictures   (GB)
 


Plot Summary:

    Tsar 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
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
Guy Rolfe
Dr. Fedorov
John Wood
Col. Kobylinsky
Laurence Olivier
Count Witte
Eric Porter
Stolypin
Michael Redgrave
Sazonov
Maurice Denham
Kokovtsov
Ralph Truman
Rodzianko
Gordon Gostelow
Guchkov
John McEnery
Kerensky
Michael Bryant
Lenin
 
Vivian Pickles
Mme. Krupskaya
Brian Cox
Trotsky
James Hazeldine
Stalin
Stephen Greif
Martov
Steven Berkoff
Pankratov
Ian Holm
Yakovlev
Alan Webb
Yurovsky
Leon Lissek
Avadayev
David Giles
Goloshchekin
Roy Dotrice
General Alexeiev
Martin Potter
Prince Yussoupov
Vernon Dobtcheff
Dr. Lazovert
Alexander Knox
The American Ambassador
Ralph Neville
The British Ambassador
George Rigaud
The French Ambassador
Richard Warwick
Grand Duke Dmitry
Curd Jürgens
German Consul to Switzerland
Julian Glover
Gapon
John Shrapnel
Petya
Diana Quick
Sonya
John Forbes-Robertson
Colonel Voikov
Alan Dalton
Flautist
David Baxter
Young Bolshevik
Penny Sugg
Young Opera Singer
Jeremy Brett
(uncredited)
 
 

Uncredited Cast:


Frank Braña
Royal Sentry at Winter Palace (uncredited)
 
 

Sound Crew:


Gerry Humphreys
Sound Recordist
Winston Ryder
Sound Editor
 
George Stephenson
Sound Recordist
 

Special Visual Effects Crew:


Eddie Fowlie
Special Effects
 
 

Art Department:


Ernest Archer
Art Direction
Emilio Ardura
Set Decoration
Vernon Dixon
Set Dresser
Eddie Fowlie
Property Master
Robert W. Laing
Assistant Art Director
 
Jack Maxsted
Art Direction
Gil Parrondo
Art Direction
Alan Roderick-Jones
Assistant Art Director
Gus Walker
Construction Manager
 

Directing Crew:


John Box
Second Unit Director
 
José López Rodero
Assistant Director
 
 

Camera and Electrical Department:


Manuel Berenguer
Second Unit Director of Photography
 
Ernest Day
Camera Operator
 
 

Costume and Wardrobe Department:


Betty Adamson
Wardrobe Supervisor
 
John Wilson-Apperson
Wardrobe Supervisor
 
 

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