''The Last Czars'' is a six-part English-language

docudrama Docudrama (or documentary drama) is a genre of television and film, which features dramatized re-enactments of actual events. It is described as a hybrid of documentary and drama and "a fact-based representation of real event". Docudramas typic ...

that premiered on

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on July 3, 2019. The series follows the reign of

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 ...

, the last emperor of Russia's

Romanov Dynasty 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 ...

, from his accession to the throne in 1894 to his execution along with the Romanov family in 1918.

Cast

* Robert Jack as

Czar 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 ...

* Susanna Herbert as Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna * Ben Cartwright as

Grigori Rasputin Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (; rus, links=no, Григорий Ефимович Распутин ; – ) was a Russian mystic and self-proclaimed holy man who befriended the family of Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia, thus ga ...

Oliver Dimsdale Oliver Dimsdale (born 28 October 1972)Pierre Gilliard Pierre Gilliard (16 May 1879 – 30 May 1962) was a Swiss people, Swiss academic and author, best known as the French language tutor to the five children of Emperor of Russia, Emperor Nicholas II of Russia from 1905 to 1918. In 1921, after the Ru ...

Bernice Stegers Bernice Mary Stegers (born 12 July 1949) is an English actress. She is known for her roles on television, as well as the horror films ''Macabre'' (1980) and ''Xtro ''Xtro'' is a 1983 British science fiction horror film directed by Harry Bromle ...

as Dowager Czarina Maria Feodorovna * Gerard Miller as Prince Yusupov * Steffan Boje as Dr. Schmidt * Indre Patkauskaite as Ana Anderson * Elsie Bennett as

Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna Grand may refer to: People with the name * Grand (surname) * Grand L. Bush (born 1955), American actor * Grand Mixer DXT, American turntablist * Grand Puba (born 1966), American rapper Places * Grand, Oklahoma * Grand, Vosges, village and commu ...

* Jurga Seduikyte as Militsa *

Duncan Pow Duncan Pow (born October 8 1977) is a Scottish actor. He is known in the United Kingdom for television roles in the Sky 1 series '' Dream Team'', and the BBC One series ''Holby City''. He is known internationally for his role in the ''Star War ...

as Yurovsky * Karina Stungyte as Grand Duchess Stana Nikolaevna * Milda Noreikaite as Grand Duchess Militza Nikolaevna *

Michelle Bonnard Michelle Bonnard (born 14 September 1980) is an English actress and screenwriter. She attended the Central Junior Television Workshop before studying at LAMDA. Career Michelle Bonnard has worked in television, theatre and film. She first came ...

as Praskovya * Gavin Mitchell as

Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia (''Сергей Александрович''; 11 May 1857 – 17 February 1905) was the fifth son and seventh child of Emperor Alexander II of Russia. He was an influential figure during the reigns of hi ...

* Karolina Elzbieta Mikolajunaite as Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna * Aina Norgilaite as Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna * Gabija Pazusyte as Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna * Digna Kulionyte as Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna * Oskar Mowdy as

Tsarevich Alexei Grand Duke Alexei Petrovich of Russia (28 February 1690 – 26 June 1718) was a Russian Tsarevich. He was born in Moscow, the son of Tsar Peter I and his first wife, Eudoxia Lopukhina. Alexei despised his father and repeatedly thwarted Peter's p ...

* Milda Noreikaite as

Shura Shura ( ar, شُورَىٰ, translit=shūrā, lit=consultation) can for example take the form of a council or a referendum. The Quran encourages Muslims to decide their affairs in consultation with each other. Shura is mentioned as a praisewort ...

Episodes

Reception

On the review aggregation website

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, the series has an approval rating of 60% with an average rating of 6/10, based on 10 reviews. The series was described by ''

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and '' The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the G ...

'' as "a surreal Wikipedia entry brought to life", in a review which pointed out production errors such as a bottle with the word “vodka” misspelled in

Cyrillic , bg, кирилица , mk, кирилица , russian: кириллица , sr, ћирилица, uk, кирилиця , fam1 = Egyptian hieroglyphs , fam2 = Proto-Sinaitic , fam3 = Phoenician , fam4 = Gr ...

, and a shot of

Red Square Red Square ( rus, Красная площадь, Krasnaya ploshchad', ˈkrasnəjə ˈploɕːətʲ) is one of the oldest and largest squares in Moscow, the capital of Russia. Owing to its historical significance and the adjacent historical build ...

, supposedly in 1905, featuring

Lenin's Mausoleum Lenin's Mausoleum (from 1953 to 1961 Lenin's & Stalin's Mausoleum) ( rus, links=no, Мавзолей Ленина, r=Mavzoley Lenina, p=məvzɐˈlʲej ˈlʲenʲɪnə), also known as Lenin's Tomb, situated on Red Square in the centre of Moscow, is ...

which was not built until 1924.

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Last Czars 2019 American television series debuts Cultural depictions of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia Cultural depictions of Nicholas II of Russia Cultural depictions of Grigori Rasputin English-language Netflix original programming