The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty

A compilation of newsreels shot between 1913 and 1917 - the years leading up to the Russian Revolution.

Documentary History

Mikhail Alekseyev

(Self (with Tsar Nicholas) (archive footage))

Alexei Brusilov

(Self (Consults with Another Officer) (archive footage))

Nikolai Chkheidze

(Self (Chairman, 1st Session, Petrograd Soviet) (archive footage))

Emperor Franz Josef

(Self (Reviews Troops) (archive footage))

Vera Figner

(Self (People's Will Party, in Open Car) (archive footage))

Grand Duchess Anastasia

(Self (archive footage))

Grand Duchess Marie

(Self (archive footage))

Grand Duchess Olga

(Self (archive footage))

Grand Duchess Tatiana

(Self (archive footage))

Aleksandr Guchkov

(Self (archive footage))

Iliodor

(Self (Monk, Rasputin's Rival) (archive footage) (as Illiodor))

Aleksandr Izvolsky

(Self (Ambassador to France, Gets in Carriage) (archive footage))

Joseph Joffre

(Self (with Millerand) (archive footage))

Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany

(Self (archive footage))

Governor of Kaluga

(Self (archive footage))

Alexander Kerensky

(Self (Doffs Fur Hat, Shakes Hands of Soldiers) (archive footage))

King George V of the United Kingdom

(Self (in Ceremonial Carriage, Not Visible) (archive footage))

Alexander Kolchak

(Self (Aboard Ship) (archive footage))

P.V. Krupensky

(Self (archive footage))

Vladimir Lenin

(Self (archive footage))

V.A. Maklakov

(Self (archive footage))

Alexandre Millerand

(Self (French War Minister, with Joffre) (archive footage))

Paul Milyukov

(Self (archive footage))

Gospodin Nekrasov

(Self (archive footage))

Raymond Poincaré

(Self (Visits Russia Just Before War Begins) (archive footage))

Vladimir Purishkevich

(Self (archive footage))

Fyodor Rodichev

(Self (archive footage))

Mikhail Rodzyanko

(Self (archive footage))

Aleksey Nikolaeyvitch Romanov

(Self (archive footage))

Vasily Shulgin

(Self (archive footage) (as V.V. Shulgin))

Vladimir Sukhomlinov

(Self (in Plain Field Uniform Coat) (archive footage))

Aleksei Sergeevich Suvorin

(Self (Leader, Monarchist Press, Vremya) (archive footage))

Czar Nicholas II of Russia

(Self (archive footage))

Tsarina Alexandra

(Self (archive footage))

Irakli Tseretelli

(Self (Leader, Mensheviks) (archive footage))

N.A. Vtorov

(Self (Owner, Vtorovsky Armaments Factory) (archive footage))

Nikolai Yudenich

(Self (Signs Papers) (archive footage))