Customer Ratings & Reviews

I saw this movie when it was released in the early '70s and remembered it as being much better. The costumes are beautiful but....

For an American kid taking AP Euro, this is a great watch. European history is so complicated with all sorts of royalty and wars next to American history. So much more to remember. Watching some movies about certain important European events in history certainly helps. This is about particularly Russia and Czar Nicholas and his wife and family. It's a subtle movie, not rushed at all, which can make it peaceful to watch but also at times boring. It seemed to be not so wild at the moments it should be and too quiet when need not be. Overall, It was an enjoyable experience, but the type of movie you'd only want to watch once every few years. I'd give it a 3.5 stars.

i am a history buff, plus I am from Ukraine, former Little Russia. So events and personalities which are part of this movie touch me deeply. Good acting ,sticking to basic historical facts, description of grandeur of tsar's palaces makes this movie worth acquiring it for home. I am sure I will watch it many times.