''Fall of Eagles'' is a 13-part British television drama aired by the
BBC in 1974. The series was created by
John Elliot and produced by
Stuart Burge
Stuart Burge (15 January 1918 – 24 January 2002) was an English stage and film director, actor and producer.
The son of H. O. Burge, by his marriage to K. M. Haig, Burge was educated at Eagle House School, Sandhurst, and Felsted School, Esse ...
. The series portrays historical events from 1848 to 1918, dealing with the ruling dynasties of
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of ...
(the
Habsburgs
The House of Habsburg (), alternatively spelled Hapsburg in Englishgerman: Haus Habsburg, ; es, Casa de Habsburgo; hu, Habsburg család, it, Casa di Asburgo, nl, Huis van Habsburg, pl, dom Habsburgów, pt, Casa de Habsburgo, la, Domus Hab ...
),
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwee ...
(the
Hohenzollerns
The House of Hohenzollern (, also , german: Haus Hohenzollern, , ro, Casa de Hohenzollern) is a German royal (and from 1871 to 1918, imperial) dynasty whose members were variously princes, electors, kings and emperors of Hohenzollern, Brand ...
), and
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-ei ...
(the
Romanovs
The House of Romanov (also transcribed Romanoff; rus, Романовы, Románovy, rɐˈmanəvɨ) was the reigning imperial house of Russia from 1613 to 1917. They achieved prominence after the Tsarina, Anastasia Romanova, was married to t ...
). The scriptwriters were:
Keith Dewhurst, John Elliot,
Trevor Griffiths, Elizabeth Holford,
Ken Hughes,
Troy Kennedy Martin,
Robert Muller,
Jack Pulman
Jack Pulman (11 July 1925 – 20 May 1979) was an award-winning British television screenwriter, most famous for the critically acclaimed 1976 BBC television series, ''I, Claudius'', based on the novels ''I, Claudius'' and ''Claudius the God'' ...
,
David Turner, and
Hugh Whitemore.
Overview
The series tells the story of the final decades of three great empires brought to downfall by historical events. Each empire used an
eagle
Eagle is the common name for many large birds of prey of the family Accipitridae. Eagles belong to several groups of genera, some of which are closely related. Most of the 68 species of eagle are from Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area, j ...
in its heraldry. The central theme is the effects of centuries of despotism, with a lack of social reform and the devastating effects of
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...
, that caused revolutionary movements to form.
It begins in the aftermath of the
Revolutions of 1848
The Revolutions of 1848, known in some countries as the Springtime of the Peoples or the Springtime of Nations, were a series of political upheavals throughout Europe starting in 1848. It remains the most widespread revolutionary wave in Europ ...
and continues through the
Armistice of 11 November 1918
The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was the armistice signed at Le Francport near Compiègne that ended fighting on land, sea, and air in World War I between the Entente and their last remaining opponent, Germany. Previous armistices ...
, covering about 70 years of history in 13 episodes. The episodes' vignettes move between the three empires: Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Russia.
Episodes
Cast
Cast, in order of first appearance, and sorted by episode and empire. The narrator of the series was
Michael Hordern
Sir Michael Murray Hordern Commander of the Order of the British Empire, CBE (3 October 19112 May 1995)Morley, Sheridan"Hordern, Michael Murray (1911–1995)" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004, online e ...
.
Austria-Hungary
Episode 1
*
Pamela Brown –
Archduchess Sophia, mother of Franz Josef
*
Miles Anderson –
young Emperor Franz Josef of Austria
*
Diane Keen
Diane Keen (born 29 July 1946) is an English actress, known for her portrayal of Fliss Hawthorne in the Granada sitcom ''The Cuckoo Waltz'' and Julia Parsons on the BBC soap opera '' Doctors''. She also appeared in Nescafé advertisements from ...
–
Elisabeth
*
Sandor Elès –
Count Andrassy
*Ann Penfold –
Helene, Elisabeth's older sister
*Donald Gee – Count Majlath
*Kathleen Michael –
Princess Hildegard of Bavaria
Princess Hildegard of Bavaria ( German: ''Hildegard Luise Charlotte Theresia Friederike von Bayern''; 10 June 1825 – 2 April 1864) was the seventh child and fourth daughter of Ludwig I of Bavaria and Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen.
Life Marriag ...
*Noel Fredericks – Aide to Franz Joseph
Episode 4
*
Rachel Gurney –
older Empress Elisabeth of Austria
*
Laurence Naismith
Laurence Naismith (born Lawrence Johnson; 14 December 1908 – 5 June 1992) was an English actor. He made numerous film and television appearances, including starring roles in the musical films '' Scrooge'' (1970) and the children's ghost fil ...
–
older Emperor Franz Joseph
*
Emrys James
Robert Emrys James (1 September 1928 – 5 February 1989) was a Welsh Shakespearean actor. He also performed in many theatre and TV parts between 1960 and 1989, and was an Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company. He was born in Machynl ...
–
Count Taaffe
*
Anthony Newlands
Anthony Newlands (31 January 1925, London – 6 October 1995), was a British actor, born Raymond Gordon Newland.
His parents were Lilian Elizabeth (née Manning) and Frederick Stanley. Newland had two sisters: Jean Lillian Newland (born 24 J ...
–
Philip of Coburg
*
James Cossins – Count Josl Hoyos
*Frank Wylie – Police Commissar Gorup
*Susan Tracy –
Crown Princess Stephanie, Rudolph's wife
*Irene Hamilton – Baroness Vetsera, mother of Countess Vetsera
*
Rosamund Greenwood –
Fraulein von Ferenczy, Maid to Elisabeth
*
Kenneth Benda
Charles Kenneth Anton Benda (3 June 1902 – 26 July 1978) was an English actor often on television. He appeared in British television series ''No Hiding Place'', '' The Saint'', '' The Avengers'', ''Z-Cars'', ''The Prisoner'', ''Doctor Who'', '' ...
– Professor Widerhoffer, royal physician
*
Carleton Hobbs – Abbot Grünböck
*
Michael Sheard – Losehek, valet to Prince Rudolf
*Patrick Durkin – Bratfisch
*
Vernon Dobtcheff
Vernon Dobtcheff (born 14 August 1934) is a British actor, best known for his roles on television and film, he has acted in numerous stage productions.
Biography
Dobtcheff was born in Nîmes, France, of Russian descent. He attended Ascham Pre ...
– Count Stookau, uncle of Countess Vetsera
*
David Neal – Baltazzi
*
Olaf Pooley
Oloe Krohn "Olaf" Pooley (13 March 1914 – 14 July 2015) was an English actor, screenwriter and painter. As an actor, he appeared as Professor Stahlman in the seven-part ''Doctor Who'' serial '' Inferno'' (1970).
Early life
Pooley was born t ...
– Police President Baron Krauss
*
Leon Lissek – Police Agent Bayer
*John Herrington – Stationmaster
*Peter Harcourt-Brown – Gamekeeper
Episode 10
*
Nora Swinburne –
Katharina Schratt
*
Peter Woodthorpe –
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria of Austria, (18 December 1863 – 28 June 1914) was the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary. His assassination in Sarajevo was the most immediate cause of World War I.
F ...
*
T. P. McKenna
Thomas Patrick McKenna (7 September 1929 – 13 February 2011) was an Irish actor, born in Mullagh, County Cavan. He had an extensive stage and screen career.
Career Early years
Thomas Patrick McKenna was born at Mullagh, County Cavan, Ireland, ...
–
Count Conrad von Hotzendorf
*Michael McStay – Count
Count Montenuovo
*Neville Barber – Count Paar
*
Peter Copley –
Bethmann-Hollweg
*
George Merritt – Ketterl
*Robert Tayman – First Adjutant
*Ian Ricketts – Second Adjutant
*
Noel Davis
Noel Davis (born Edgar Davis; 1 March 1927 – 24 November 2002) was a British film and television actor; and latterly, a film and television casting director.
Partial filmography
* '' Darling'' (1965) - Shop Assistant (uncredited)
* ''Fahrenh ...
–
Austrian Ambassador (Count Szögyény)
*Brian Hawksley –
Sir Arthur Nicolson
*Roy McArthur –
Archduke Karl
Archduke Charles Louis John Joseph Laurentius of Austria, Duke of Teschen (german: link=no, Erzherzog Karl Ludwig Johann Josef Lorenz von Österreich, Herzog von Teschen; 5 September 177130 April 1847) was an Austrian field-marshal, the third s ...
*Heather Page –
Archduchess Zita
*Clyde Pollitt – Kottwitz
*Melanie Peck – Maid
*
Jay Neill – Heller
*N/A – Ambassador
László Szőgyény-Marich Jr.
German Empire
Episode 2
*
Gemma Jones
Jennifer "Gemma" Jones (born 4 December 1942) is an English actress. Appearing on both stage and screen, her film appearances include ''Sense and Sensibility (film), Sense and Sensibility'' (1995), the Bridget Jones (film series), ''Bridget Jo ...
–
Vicky, oldest child of Victoria
*
Maurice Denham –
Kaiser Wilhelm I
*
Denis Lill –
Fritz
*
Basil Henson
Basil Henson (31 July 1918 – 19 December 1990) was an English actor.
Henson had a lengthy career on stage and television. His stage performances included a number of parts in Shakespeare productions, including ''The Merchant of Venice'' oppos ...
–
von Moltke
*
Geoffrey Chater –
Charles
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was " ...
*
Roger Hammond –
Albrecht
*
Perlita Neilson
Perlita Neilson (born Margaret Phillipa Sowden; 11 June 1933 – 7 April 2014) was an English film, stage and television actress. She was educated at the Aida Foster Theatre School. One of her most notable roles was in 1957 as Anne Frank in the ...
–
young Queen Victoria
*
Frank Thornton –
Prince Albert
*Anthony Roye – Dr. Martin
*Antony Carrick – Dr. Wegner
*Sandra Clark –
Wally
Wally may refer to:
Music
* Wally (band), British prog rock band
** ''Wally'' (album), a 1974 album by Wally
* ''La Wally'', an opera by Alfredo Catalani
Other uses
*Wally (given name), a list of people and fictional characters
*WALLY, a propose ...
*Mike Elles –
Bertie, young Edward VII
*Adam Cunliffe –
Willy
Willy or Willie is a masculine, male given name, often a diminutive form of William or Wilhelm, and occasionally a nickname. It may refer to:
People Given name or nickname
* Willie Aames (born 1960), American actor, television director, and scre ...
, young Wilhelm II
* Uncredited –
Queen Augusta of Prussia
Episode 3
*
Curt Jürgens
Kurt is a male given name of Germanic or Turkish origin. ''Kurt'' or ''Curt'' originated as short forms of the Germanic Conrad, depending on geographical usage, with meanings including counselor or advisor.
In Turkish, Kurt means "Wolf" and is ...
–
Otto von Bismarck
Otto, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg (, ; 1 April 1815 – 30 July 1898), born Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, was a conservative German statesman and diplomat. From his origins in the upper class of ...
*
Barry Foster –
older Kaiser Wilhelm II
*
Frederick Jaeger
Manfred Frederick Jaeger (9 May 1928 – 18 June 2004) was a German-born British film, television, theatre and radio character actor.
Biography
Jaeger was born in Berlin, Germany, but moved to England following Adolf Hitler's rise to power. H ...
–
Holstein
Holstein (; nds, label=Northern Low Saxon, Holsteen; da, Holsten; Latin and historical en, Holsatia, italic=yes) is the region between the rivers Elbe and Eider. It is the southern half of Schleswig-Holstein, the northernmost state of German ...
*
Tony Jay
Tony Jay (2 February 1933 – 13 August 2006) was a British actor.
A former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he was known for his voice work in radio, animation, film, and video games. Jay was particularly noted for his distinctive bari ...
–
Tsar Alexander III
*John Barcroft –
Eulenberg
*David McKail –
Mackenzie, physician
* Valerie Phillips –
Dona, Wilhelm II's wife
Episode 13
*
Barry Foster –
older Kaiser Wilhelm II
*
Marius Goring
Marius Re Goring, (23 May 191230 September 1998) was a British stage and screen actor. He is best remembered for the four films he made with Powell & Pressburger, particularly as Conductor 71 in '' A Matter of Life and Death'' and as Julian Cr ...
–
Hindenburg
*
Michael Bates –
Ludendorff
*
Griffith Jones –
Hintze
*
Eve Pearce –
Empress Dona
*Laurence Hardy –
Prince Max
*
Colin Baker
Colin Baker (born 8 June 1943) is an English actor who played Paul Merroney in the BBC drama series '' The Brothers'' from 1974 to 1976 and the sixth incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series ''Docto ...
–
Crown Prince (Little Willy), son of Wilhelm II
*
John Robinson John Robinson may refer to:
Academics
*John Thomas Romney Robinson (1792–1882), Irish astronomer and physicist
* John J. Robinson (1918–1996), historian and author of ''Born in Blood''
* John Talbot Robinson (1923–2001), paleontologist
*Joh ...
–
Müller, Admiral
*
Geoffrey Toone
Geoffrey Toone (15 November 1910 – 1 June 2005) was an English character actor and former matinee idol, born in Ireland. Most of his film roles after the 1930s were in supporting parts, usually as authority figures, though he did play the lead ...
–
Groener
*
Erik Chitty
Erik Chitty (8 July 1907 in Dover, Kent – 22 July 1977 Brent, Middlesex), was an English stage, film and television actor.
Early life
Chitty was the son of a flour miller, Frederick Walter Chitty and his wife Ethel Elsie Assistance née Fra ...
–
Hertling, Chancellor
*Peter Schofield –
Ebert
*
Kevin Brennan – Count Bentick
*Jon Croft – Sergeant
Russian Empire
Episode 5
*
Gayle Hunnicutt
Gayle Jenkins, Lady Jenkins (''née'' Hunnicutt; born February 6, 1943) is an American retired film, television and stage actress. She has made more than 30 film appearances.
Early life and education
The daughter of Colonel Sam Lloyd Hunnicut ...
–
Alexandra
Alexandra () is the feminine form of the given name Alexander (, ). Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb (; meaning 'to defend') and (; GEN , ; meaning 'man'). Thus it may be roughly translated as "defender of man" or "p ...
, fiancée of Nicholas II
*
Charles Kay
Charles Kay (born Charles Piff, 31 August 1930) is an English actor.
Early life
Kay was born in Coventry, Warwickshire, the son of Frances (née Petty) and Charles Beckingham Piff.
Originally educated at Warwick School, Kay went on to study m ...
–
Tsar Nicholas II
Nicholas II or Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov; spelled in pre-revolutionary script. ( 186817 July 1918), known in the Russian Orthodox Church as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer,. was the last Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Polan ...
*
Patrick Stewart
Sir Patrick Stewart (born 13 July 1940) is an English actor who has a career spanning seven decades in various stage productions, television, film and video games. He has been nominated for Olivier, Tony, Golden Globe, Emmy, and Screen Actors ...
–
Ulyanov (Lenin)
*
Lynn Farleigh –
Krupskaya
Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya ( rus, links=no, Надежда Константиновна Крупская, p=nɐˈdʲeʐdə kənstɐnˈtʲinəvnə ˈkrupskəjə; 27 February 1939) was a Russian revolutionary and the wife of Vladimir Leni ...
, Lenin's future wife
*
Freddie Jones
Frederick Charles Jones''Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916-2005.''; at ancestry.com (12 September 1927 – 9 July 2019) was an English actor who had an extensive career in television, theatre and cinema productions for a ...
–
Sergei Witte
Count Sergei Yulyevich Witte (; ), also known as Sergius Witte, was a Russian statesman who served as the first prime minister of the Russian Empire, replacing the tsar as head of the government. Neither a liberal nor a conservative, he attract ...
, Transport Minister
*
Jan Francis –
Mathilde Kschessinska, ballerina
*
Ursula Howells –
Marie, wife of Alexander III
*
David Collings
David Collings (4 June 1940 – 23 March 2020) was an English actor. In an extensive career he appeared in many roles on stage, television, film and radio, as well as various audio books, voiceovers, concert readings and other work. He garnered ...
–
Paul Miliukov
Pavel Nikolayevich Milyukov ( rus, Па́вел Никола́евич Милюко́в, p=mʲɪlʲʊˈkof; 31 March 1943) was a Russian historian and liberal politician. Milyukov was the founder, leader, and the most prominent member of the Co ...
*
Isla Blair
Isla Blair Glover (born 29 September 1944) is a British actress and singer. She made her first stage appearance in 1963 as Philia in the London debut of ''A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum''.
Early life and education
Isla Blair wa ...
–
Ella
Ella may refer to:
* Ella (name), most often a feminine given name, but also used as a surname
Places United States
* Ella, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
* Ella, Oregon, an unincorporated community
* Ella, Pennsylvania, an unincorpora ...
*
Robert Brown –
Uncle Serge
*
John Nightingale –
Cousin Serge
*Howard Rawlinson –
Constantin
Constantin is an Aromanian, Megleno-Romanian and Romanian male given name. It can also be a surname.
For a list of notable people called Constantin, see Constantine (name).
See also
* Constantine (name)
* Konstantin
The first name Konsta ...
*Mavis Edwards –
Queen Victoria
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days was longer than that of any previ ...
*
Kevin Stoney –
Father John
*Denzil Ellis –
Wahl
*John Sanderson – Young Nicholas
*Leila Hart – Singer
Episode 6
*
Bruce Purchase –
von Plehve
*
Edward Wilson Edward Wilson may refer to:
*Ed Wilson (artist) (1925–1996), African American sculptor
* Ed Wilson (baseball) (1875–?), American baseball player
* Ed Wilson (singer) (1945–2010), Brazilian singer-songwriter
* Ed Wilson, American television ex ...
–
Martov
Julius Martov or L. Martov (Ма́ртов; born Yuliy Osipovich Tsederbaum; 24 November 1873 – 4 April 1923) was a politician and revolutionary who became the leader of the Mensheviks in early 20th-century Russia. He was arguably the closes ...
*
Michael Kitchen
Michael Roy Kitchen (born 31 October 1948) is an English actor and television producer, best known for his starring role as Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle in the ITV drama ''Foyle's War'', which comprised eight series betw ...
–
Trotsky
Lev Davidovich Bronstein. ( – 21 August 1940), better known as Leon Trotsky; uk, link= no, Лев Давидович Троцький; also transliterated ''Lyev'', ''Trotski'', ''Trotskij'', ''Trockij'' and ''Trotzky''. (), was a Russian M ...
*
Mary Wimbush –
Zasulich
*
Paul Eddington
Paul Clark Eddington (18 June 1927 – 4 November 1995) was an English actor best known for playing Jerry Leadbetter in the television sitcom '' The Good Life'' (1975–78) and politician Jim Hacker in the sitcom '' Yes Minister'' (1980–84) ...
–
Plekhanov
*Peter Weston –
Baumann
*David Freedman –
Lieber Lieber is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Clara Lieber (1902–1982), an American chemist
* Charles M. Lieber (born 1959), professor of chemistry at Harvard University
* Ernst Maria Lieber (1838–1902), German politician
* F ...
*Julian Fox – Tupuridze
*
Raymond Witch
Raymond Herbert Witch (6 October 1927 – 10 December 2009) was an English theatre, motion picture and television actor.
Biography
Witch was born to parents Herbert Witch and Nellie Witch (née Gilbert) on 6 October 1927Kristján Jónsson (2012) ...
–
Martynov
*Svandis Jons –
Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova
Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova (russian: Мария Александровна Ульянова; née Blank; – )
was the mother of Vladimir Lenin, the Bolshevik revolutionary leader and founder of the Soviet Union.
She was born in Saint Petersb ...
*Robert O'Mahoney –
Krasikov
Episode 7
*
Kenneth Colley
Kenneth Colley (born 7 December 1937) is an English film and television actor whose career spans over 60 years. He came to wider prominence through his role as Admiral Piett in the '' Star Wars'' films '' The Empire Strikes Back'' (1980) and ' ...
–
Father Gapon
*
Peter Dyneley
Peter Dyneley (13 April 1921 – 19 August 1977) was a British actor. Although he appeared in many smaller roles in both film and television, he is best remembered for supplying the voice of Jeff Tracy for the 1960s " Supermarionation" TV serie ...
–
von Bülow
The term ''von'' () is used in German language surnames either as a nobiliary particle indicating a noble patrilineality, or as a simple preposition used by commoners that means ''of'' or ''from''.
Nobility directories like the ''Almanach d ...
*
John Turner
John Napier Wyndham Turner (June 7, 1929September 19, 2020) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 17th prime minister of Canada from June to September 1984. He served as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and leader of t ...
–
Prince Mirsky
D. S. Mirsky is the English pen-name of Dmitry Petrovich Svyatopolk-Mirsky (russian: Дми́трий Петро́вич Святопо́лк-Ми́рский), often known as Prince Mirsky ( – c. 7 June 1939), a Russian political and lit ...
*
John Welsh – Archbishop
*
Robert Keegan –
Ivan Fullon
Ivan Alexandrovich Fullon (July 23 (Aug. 4), 1844 – 1920) was an Imperial Russian division and corps commander. He participated in the suppression of the rebellion in Poland and the war against the Ottoman Empire.
Awards
* Order of Saint Anna, ...
*
Michael Golden –
Putilov
*Roy Sampson – General Alexey Danilov
*David Dodimead –
Kokovtsev
*James Mellor –
Kourapatkin
*
John Quarmby –
Lambsdorf
*Alan Hockey – Doctor
*Glynne Thomas – Spokeswoman
*
Eileen Helsby
Eileen Helsby (born 30 June 1937) is a British actress with several television credits.
She appeared in the ''Doctor Who'' serial '' The Ark'',
''Z-Cars'', ''Doomwatch'', '' Looking for Clancy'', '' Survivors'', ''Angels'', ''Juliet Bravo
...
– Mother
*Roger Nott – Secretary
*John Surman – Secretary
*Sharon Terry –
Tatiana, 2nd daughter
Episode 8
*
Michael Bryant –
Ratchkovsky
*
David Swift –
Trepov
*
John Stratton – Hesse
*David Dodimead –
Aleksandr Khvostov
Aleksandr Alekseevich Khvostov (russian: Александр Алексеевич Хвостов; 8 January 1857 – 23 November 1921) was an Imperial Russian politician.
After graduating from the Imperial Alexander Lyceum, he entered the Ministr ...
*
Victor Winding
Victor Winding (30 January 1929 – 9 October 2014) was a British actor born in Lambeth, London. He appeared in "The Faceless Ones", a ''Doctor Who'' serial broadcast from April to May 1967 starring Patrick Troughton in which he played the c ...
–
Azeff
*
Peter Pratt
Peter Pratt (21 March 1923 – 11 January 1995) was an English actor and singer. He was best known for his comic roles in the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas.
Pratt started his career in the chorus of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1945, ...
– Singer
*
Rio Fanning – Petitioner
*
Arnold Peters
William Arnold Peters (May 14, 1922 – September 17, 1996) was a Canadian politician. He represented the riding of Timiskaming in the House of Commons of Canada from 1957 to 1980. He was originally elected as a member of the Co-operative Com ...
– Clerk
*Michael Cotterill –
Valet de Chambre
''Valet de chambre'' (), or ''varlet de chambre'', was a court appointment introduced in the late Middle Ages, common from the 14th century onwards. Royal households had many persons appointed at any time. While some valets simply waited on ...
*Peter Jolley – Tsar's aide
*
Desmond Cullum-Jones
Desmond Alexander Cullum-Jones (1 December 1924 – 6 June 2002) was an American born, British actor known for films such as ''Impact'' (1963), ''Dad's Army'' (1971), '' Freak Out'' (2004) and ''Wednesday's Child'' (1962). On the TV show ''Dad's ...
– Police Sergeant
*John Beardmore – Police Inspector
*
Paul Haley – Medal Sergeant
Episode 9
*
Peter Vaughan
Peter Vaughan (born Peter Ewart Ohm; 4 April 1923 – 6 December 2016) was an English character actor known for many supporting roles in British film and television productions. He also acted extensively on the stage.
He is perhaps best known ...
–
Isvolsky
*
Derek Francis –
Edward VII
Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until Death and state funeral of Edward VII, his death in 1910.
The second chil ...
*
John Bennett –
Clemenceau
*
John Moffatt –
Aehrenthal
*
Frank Middlemass –
Stolypin
Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin ( rus, Пётр Арка́дьевич Столы́пин, p=pʲɵtr ɐrˈkadʲjɪvʲɪtɕ stɐˈlɨpʲɪn; – ) was a Russian politician and statesman. He served as the third prime minister and the interior ministe ...
*
Andrew Keir
Andrew Keir (né Buggy, 3 April 19265 October 1997) was a Scottish actor who appeared in a number of films made by Hammer Film Productions in the 1960s. He was also active in television, and especially in the theatre, in a professional career ...
–
Wickham Steed
Henry Wickham Steed (10 October 1871 – 13 January 1956) was an English journalist and historian. He was editor of ''The Times'' from 1919 to 1922.
Early life
Born in Long Melford, England, Steed was educated at Sudbury Grammar School an ...
*Shirley Dixon – Mme. Izvolsky
*Tom Criddle –
Sir Edward Grey
*
Ed Devereaux –
Purtales
*Haydn Wood – Officer
*
Peter Whitaker
Peter Whitaker was an English actor who appeared as bar owner Jack Pomeroy in the first series of ''Rumpole of the Bailey''. He is also known for playing the murdered police inspector Gascoigne in the ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Faceless Ones'', ...
– Secretary
Episode 11
*
Michael Aldridge
Michael William ffolliott Aldridge (9 September 1920 – 10 January 1994) was an English actor. He was known for playing Seymour Utterthwaite in the television series ''Last of the Summer Wine'' from 1986 to 1990 and he had a long career as a ...
–
Grigory Rasputin
*
Charles Gray –
Rodzianko
Mikhail Vladimirovich Rodzianko (russian: Михаи́л Влади́мирович Родзя́нко; uk, Михайло Володимирович Родзянко; 21 February 1859, Yekaterinoslav Governorate – 24 January 1924, Beo ...
*
John Phillips –
Grand Duke Nicholas
*
Nigel Stock –
General Alexeiev
*
Hugh Burden –
Protopopov Protopopov is the surname of several Russian individuals.
*Alexander Protopopov (1866–1918), Russian Minister of Interior 1916–17
* Mikhail Protopopov (1848–1915), Russian journalist and literary critic
*Oleg Protopopov
Oleg Alekseyevich ...
*
Frank Mills –
A. F. Trepov
*
Rosalie Crutchley
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–
Michen
*Ann Castle –
Ella
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* Ella (name), most often a feminine given name, but also used as a surname
Places United States
* Ella, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
* Ella, Oregon, an unincorporated community
* Ella, Pennsylvania, an unincorpora ...
*
Miriam Margolyes
Miriam ( he, מִרְיָם ''Mīryām'', lit. 'Rebellion') is described in the Hebrew Bible as the daughter of Amram and Jochebed, and the older sister of Moses and Aaron. She was a prophetess and first appears in the Book of Exodus.
The ...
–
Anna Vyrubova
Anna Alexandrovna Vyrubova (''née'' Taneyeva; russian: А́нна Алекса́ндровна Вы́рубова (Тане́ева)); 16 July 1884 – 20 July 1964) was a Russian Empire lady-in-waiting, the best friend and confidante of Tsarina ...
*
Piers Flint-Shipman
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Early life
He was the son of film producer Gerald Flint-Shipman, and received his formal education at Ampleforth College.
Career ...
–
Alexis
*Pippa Vickers –
Anastasia
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*Alix Crista – Maria Golovina
*Anthony Collin – Manus
*
Barbara Keogh –
Barbara (Yakovleva)
*Martha Nairn –
Olga
Olga may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Olga (name), a given name, including a list of people and fictional characters named Olga or Olha
* Michael Algar (born 1962), English singer also known as "Olga"
Places
Russia
* Olga, Russia, ...
*
Hetty Baynes
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–
Tatiana
* Prue Clarke –
Marie
Episode 12
*
Marius Goring
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–
Hindenburg
*
Michael Bates –
Ludendorff
*
Michael Gough
Francis Michael Gough ( ; 23 November 1916 – 17 March 2011) was a British character actor who made more than 150 film and television appearances. He is known for his roles in the Hammer Horror Films from 1958, with his first role as Sir Arthu ...
–
Helphand
*
Tom Conti
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– Glazkov
*
Jim Norton –
Kerensky
*
Malcolm Terris
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He acted in many television programmes, including possibly his best-known role as Matt Headley in '' When the Boat Comes In'', a popular 1970s series.
His film career ...
–
Mieczysław Broński-Warszawski
*
Esmond Knight
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–
General Ruzski
*Alan Cullen – Admiral
Henning von Holtzendorff
*Basil Clarke –
Pyotr Voykov
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*Ronald Govey –
Chkheidze
*
John Rae –
Prince Lvov
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Notable members
*Knyaz Matvey Danilovich (?–1603), Voivod ...
*
Tom Kempinski
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– Bolshevik Soldier
*
John Rhys-Davies
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–
Zinoviev Zinoviev, Zinovyev, Zinovieff (russian: Зино́вьев), or Zinovieva (feminine; Зино́вьева), as a Russian surname, derives from the personal name Zinovi, from Greek '' Zenobios''.
Notable people with the surname include:
* Alexand ...
*
Leonard Fenton –
Nikolai Markov
*Eric Carte – Aide to Kaiser
*
Colin Jeavons
Colin Abel Jeavons (born 20 October 1929) is a retired British television actor.
Career
Jeavons' earliest television role was as Jules Neraud in an episode of the 1956 anthology series of teleplays ''Nom-de-Plume''. Broadcast live, it is unkno ...
– Printer
*Isabelle Stanton – Socialist Émigré
*Ann Zelda – Helphand's Secretary
Music
The music accompanying the main title and credits is the ''Trauermarsch'' (Funeral March), the first movement of
Mahler's
Symphony No. 5. The closing theme music is the central section from the first movement of
Shostakovich's
Symphony No. 6.
Reception
One positive review of the series states: "This ambitious series captivates the audience by depicting the years of revolution, in which the well cemented monarchies of central and eastern Europe slowly disintegrate. However, the show does not attach any sentiments with royalty or the happenings in wake of its collapse."
Media
''Fall of Eagles'' was released on video and DVD in autumn 2004 in the United Kingdom, with the release including a photo gallery and a comprehensive 40-page historical notes booklet written by Andy Priestner providing further details on the historical events and characters in the series. It includes new interviews with Gayle Hunnicutt (''The Golden Bowl'', ''Dallas'', ''The Martian Chronicles''), Charles Kay (''Edge of Darkness'', ''To Serve Them All My Days'') and director
David Cunliffe
David Richard Cunliffe (born 30 April 1963) is a New Zealand management consultant and former politician who was Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from September 2013 to September 2014. He was Member of Parl ...
(''The Onedin Line'', ''The Sandbaggers'', ''Victoria and Albert''). It was later released in May 2006 in the United States,
without the companion booklet.
A separate book based on the series titled ''The Fall of Eagles: The Death of the Great European Dynasties'' () by
Cyrus Leo Sulzberger II was first published by Crown in 1981.
References
External links
*
DVD release news
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