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Nicholas & Alexandra
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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302305937
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6302305934
Label: Sony Pictures
Languages: English (Original Language), AnalogFrench (Original Language), AnalogGerman (Original Language), AnalogRussian (Original Language), Analog
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: June 24, 1994
Running Time: 183 minutes
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: December 13, 1971
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Rating:  - Where's the passion?
This epic, set at the center of one of the most turbulent times in history, is intelligent and tasteful and may even be largely accurate in its account of events. But there's very little in the way of passion, spark to excite the viewer. It's like reading an encyclopaedia account of the Russian Revolution, written from the perspective of an attendant to the royal family. It's a bit sad, a bit wistful, but the three hours drag on without something more.
Rating:  - The most historically correct retelling of the dynasty's last days.
This beautifully filmed and expertly acted retelling of the czar's final days in pre-revolutionary Russia is the best in its class. This film would be an excellent two-part introduction to the emergence of communism if paired with the equally brilliant "Dr. Zhivago."
It would be a great 4-5 hour tour de force. whf.
Rating: - Excellent
This is a great video. Characters feel real to history (and Nicholas looks amazingly authentic!), issues are clear, and movie leads right up to the fateful moment of infamy.
Rating: - Great Movie
This is a wonderful movie. Quite moving and if you are a history buff it is also quite true to the story. Well worth the price and does a good job of evoking the feel of that era. As I say, if you are a history buff this is a must have.
Rating: - He ate all my sturgeon, clever man...
This film on Russian history is everything Zhivago is not - it's good. Though it takes the Lean-esque line of poetic cuts to meld the story together, it does it in a far subtler, less "here's another clever cut for you audience" fashion. Young's cinematography dwarfs what he was not able to do in Zhivago (because Lean wanted his film to be deliberately ugly) and there is a far more Russian feel to it.
As far as the portrayal of the Romanovs; it is quite fair. It never takes the side ... Read More
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