The Assassin of the Tsar
| The Assassin of the Tsar | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Karen Shakhnazarov |
| Written by |
Aleksandr Borodyansky Karen Shakhnazarov |
| Starring |
Oleg Yankovsky Malcolm McDowell Armen Dzhigarkhanyan |
| Music by |
Vladislav Shut John Altman |
Production company |
Mosfilm (USSR) |
Release dates | 1991 (1993 in UK) |
Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian (English) |
The Assassin of the Tsar (Russian: Цареубийца, Tsareubiytsa) is a 1991 Russian film. It was entered into the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.[1] There are two versions. One is filmed in English which later was dubbed over the Russian actors, and one in Russian. Malcolm McDowell pretended to speak Russian in the other version and was later dubbed.
Plot
Timofyev (Malcolm McDowell) is a patient in an asylum who claims to be the man who killed Tsar Alexander II in 1881, and his grandson Tsar Nicholas II in 1918.
Cast
- Oleg Yankovsky — Dr.Smirnov / Tsar Nicholas II
- Malcolm McDowell — Timofyev / Yakov Yurovsky
- Olga Antonova — Empress Alexandra
- Dariya Majorova — Olga Nikolaevna
- Yevgeniya Kryukova — Tatiana Nikolaevna
- Alyona Teremizova — Maria Nikolaevna
- Olga Borisova — Anastasia Nikolaevna
- Aleksei Logunov — Alexei Nikolaevich
- Yury Belyayev - Alexander II of Russia
See also
References
- ↑ "Festival de Cannes: The Assassin of the Tsar". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
External links
- The Assassin of the Tsar at the Internet Movie Database
- Watch The Assassin of the Tsar online at official Mosfilm site (English-language version)
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