Plot
Timofyev (Malcolm McDowell) is a patient in an History of psychiatric institutions, asylum who claims to be the man who killed Tsar Alexander II in 1881, and his grandson Tsar Nicholas II in 1918. Doctor Smirnov (Oleg Yankovsky) decides to apply a peculiar therapeutic method on him, but things go in an unexpected way. A good portion of the film depicts the last days of the Russian Imperial Family in Yekaterinburg, largely narrated by Timofyev's voice-over from the perspective of Yakov Yurovsky, the chief guard and ultimately executioner of the family. In the scenes, Yurovsky is impersonated by Timofyev (McDowell) and Tsar Nicholas II by Dr. Smirnov (Yankovsky). Other members of the family function merely as background, with few or no lines.Cast
* Oleg Yankovsky — ''Dr.Smirnov'' / ''Tsar Nicholas II'' * Malcolm McDowell — ''Timofyev'' / ''Yakov Yurovsky'' * Armen Dzhigarkhanyan — ''Alexander Yegorovich'', Smirnov's superior * Olga Antonova (actress), Olga Antonova — ''Empress Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse), Alexandra'' * Dariya Majorova — ''Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, Olga Nikolaevna'' * Evgeniya Kryukova — ''Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia, Tatiana Nikolaevna'' * Alyona Teremizova — ''Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1899–1918), Maria Nikolaevna'' * Olga Borisova — ''Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, Anastasia Nikolaevna'' * Aleksei Logunov — ''Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, Alexei Nikolaevich'' * Yury Belyayev — ''Alexander II of Russia'' * Anastasiya Nemolyaeva — ''nurse'' * Anzhelika Ptashuk — ''Marina'', Smirnov's mateSee also
* List of films about the RomanovsReferences
External links
* * Watc