Nicholas and Alexandra (Original title)Nicolas Y Alejandra (Alternative title)
Dates: 1971 (Copyright), 30 November 1970 (Production)Country: USADirected by: Franklin J. Schaffner
Production company billing: ©1971. Horizon Pictures Inc. Columbia Pictures & Sam Spiegel present A Sam Spiegel - Franklin J. Schaffner production [end] In Colour 2.35:1 [Panavision] MPAA: 22875
Synopsis: Covers the period from the birth of the haemophiliac son of Tsar Nicholas II to the bloody end of the Romanov dynasty and the installation in power of the Bolsheviks.
Genres: Biopic, Historical drama
Subject: Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia (1868-1918)
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v39 n456 January 1972: no known title]Language: English
In: Films Illustrated v1 n7 January 1972 Page: 27
Title: [Films Illustrated - v1 n7 January 1972: no known title]Language: English
In: Show v2 n11 January 1972 Pages: 31-36
Title: [Show - v2 n11 January 1972: no known title]Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Article about the film NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA and its making.
In: Films and Filming v18 n5 February 1972 Pages: 51-52
Title: [Films and Filming - v18 n5 February 1972: no known title]Language: English
In: Image et Son n261 May 1972 Pages: 116-117
Title: [Image et Son - n261 May 1972: no known title]Language: French
In: Variety 8 Dec 1971 Page: 16
Title: [Variety - 8 Dec 1971: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema n9871 12 Jan 1971 Page: 8
Title: [Today's Cinema - n9871 12 Jan 1971: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
In: Photoplay v22 n12 December 1971 Pages: 32-35
Title: [Photoplay - v22 n12 December 1971: no known title]Language: English
In: Filmfacts v14 n22 1971 Pages: 553-57
Title: [Filmfacts - v14 n22 1971: no known title]Language: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v219 n12 17 Dec 1971 Page: 3
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v219 n12 17 Dec 1971: no known title]Language: English
In: Sight and Sound v41 n1 Winter 1971/72 Pages: Winter 52-53
Title: [Sight and Sound - v41 n1 Winter 1971/72: no known title]Language: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v215 n28 26 Mar 1971 Page: 12
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v215 n28 26 Mar 1971: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
In: Kine Weekly n3312 3 Apr 1971 Page: 14
Title: [Kine Weekly - n3312 3 Apr 1971: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
Author: TASHIRO, C. S. Pages: x-xvii, 234p.
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Dates: 1971 (Copyright), 30 November 1970 (Production)Country: USADirected by: Franklin J. Schaffner
Production company billing: ©1971. Horizon Pictures Inc. Columbia Pictures & Sam Spiegel present A Sam Spiegel - Franklin J. Schaffner production [end] In Colour 2.35:1 [Panavision] MPAA: 22875
Synopsis: Covers the period from the birth of the haemophiliac son of Tsar Nicholas II to the bloody end of the Romanov dynasty and the installation in power of the Bolsheviks.
Genres: Biopic, Historical drama
Subject: Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia (1868-1918)
Credits
(31)
©: Horizon Pictures, Presents: Columbia Pictures Corporation, Presents/Producer: Sam Spiegel, Associate Producer: Andrew Donally, Production Supervisor: Luis Roberts, 2nd Unit Director: John Box, Assistant Director: José López Rodero, Screenplay by: James Goldman, Additional Dialogue: Edward Bond, From the book by: Robert K. Massie, Director of Photography: Freddie Young, 2nd Unit Photographer: Manuel Berenguer, Camera Operator: Ernest Day, Special Effects: Eddie Fowler, Film Editor: Ernest Walter, Production Designer: John Box, Art Director: Jack Maxsted, Art Director: Ernest Archer, Art Director: Gil Parrondo, Set Decorator: Vernon Dixon, Costume Designer: Yvonne Blake, Costumes for "Alexandra" and "Marie Fedorovna" by: Antonio Castillo, Uniform and Military Adviser: John Mollo, Second Unit Costumes: Anthony Powell, Music: Richard Rodney Bennett, Music Director: Marcus Dods, Additional music arranged/conducted: Christopher Gunning, Sound Recording: George Stephenson, Sound Recording: Gerry Humphreys, Sound Editor: Winston Ryder
Cast
(53)
Michael Jayston (Nicholas), Janet Suzman (Alexandra), Roderic Noble (Alexis), Harry Andrews (Grand Duke Nicholas), Tom Baker (Rasputin), Timothy West (Dr. Botkin), Jack Hawkins (Count Fredericks), Laurence Olivier (Count Witte), John McEnery (Kerensky), Eric Porter (Stolypin), Michael Bryant (Lenin), John Wood (Col. Kobylinsky), Alan Webb (Yurovsky), Ian Holm (Yakovlev), Roy Dotrice (General Alexeiev), Martin Potter (Prince Yussoupov), Richard Warwick (Grand Duke Dmitry), Ania Marson (Olga), Lynne Frederick (Tatiana), Candace Glendenning (Marie), Fiona Fullerton (Anastasia), Irene Worth (Marie Fedorovna), Katharine Schofield (Tegleva), Jean-Claude Drouot (Gilliard), John Hallam (Nagorny), Guy Rolfe (Dr. Fedorov), Michael Redgrave (Sazonov), Maurice Denham (Kokovtsov), Ralph Truman (Rodzianko), Gordon Gostelow (Guchkov), Curd Jürgens (German Consul Sklarz), Vivian Pickles (Mme. Krupskaya), Brian Cox (Trotsky), James Hazeldine (Stalin), Stephen Greif (Martov), Steven Berkoff (Pankratov), Eric Chapman (Plekhanov), Leon Lissek (Avadeyev), David Giles (Goloshchekin), Vernon Dobtcheff (Dr. Lazovert), Alexander Knox (American Ambassador Root), Ralph Neville (British Ambassador Buchanan), Jorge Rigaud (French Ambassador Paleologue), Julian Glover (Gapon), John Shrapnel (Petya), Diana Quick (Sonya), John Forbes-Robertson (Col. Voikov), Alan Dalton (Flautist), David Baxter (Young Bolshevik), Penny Sugg (Opera Singer), Robert Case, Robin Askwith, Robert Rietti (dubbed voice of Count Fredericks)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
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In: Monthly Film Bulletin v39 n456 January 1972 Page: 12Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v39 n456 January 1972: no known title]Language: English
In: Films Illustrated v1 n7 January 1972 Page: 27
Title: [Films Illustrated - v1 n7 January 1972: no known title]Language: English
In: Show v2 n11 January 1972 Pages: 31-36
Title: [Show - v2 n11 January 1972: no known title]Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Article about the film NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA and its making.
In: Films and Filming v18 n5 February 1972 Pages: 51-52
Title: [Films and Filming - v18 n5 February 1972: no known title]Language: English
In: Image et Son n261 May 1972 Pages: 116-117
Title: [Image et Son - n261 May 1972: no known title]Language: French
In: Variety 8 Dec 1971 Page: 16
Title: [Variety - 8 Dec 1971: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema n9871 12 Jan 1971 Page: 8
Title: [Today's Cinema - n9871 12 Jan 1971: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
In: Photoplay v22 n12 December 1971 Pages: 32-35
Title: [Photoplay - v22 n12 December 1971: no known title]Language: English
In: Filmfacts v14 n22 1971 Pages: 553-57
Title: [Filmfacts - v14 n22 1971: no known title]Language: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v219 n12 17 Dec 1971 Page: 3
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v219 n12 17 Dec 1971: no known title]Language: English
In: Sight and Sound v41 n1 Winter 1971/72 Pages: Winter 52-53
Title: [Sight and Sound - v41 n1 Winter 1971/72: no known title]Language: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v215 n28 26 Mar 1971 Page: 12
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v215 n28 26 Mar 1971: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
In: Kine Weekly n3312 3 Apr 1971 Page: 14
Title: [Kine Weekly - n3312 3 Apr 1971: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
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Title: Pretty pictures: production design and the history filmAuthor: TASHIRO, C. S. Pages: x-xvii, 234p.
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