Assassin of the Tsar (Цареубийца) 33 years old
Obsessed with the past. Condemned to repeat it.
A new doctor from Moscow arrives at a provincial mental institution. His interest is the peculiarities of the psyche of a patient who believes that he is Yakov Yurovsky, the man who assassinated the last Russian tsar. In the course of their conversations it transpires that the patient is a kind of philosopher, not without a gift for suggestion. In a while the doctor himself falls under his patient’s influence: he tends to relive that fatal night of June 16-17, 1918 when, without any investigation or trial, Tsar Nicholas II, who had recently abdicated, was murdered, together with his wife, daughters and incurably ill heir. Soon the doctor realizes that the tragedy of the last Russian tsar is in part his own tragedy, too...
Credits
Assassin of the Tsar Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Anastasiya Nemolyaeva She was 22, now 55 years old | as Nurse |
| Malcolm McDowell He was 48, now 81 years old | as Timofeyev / Yurovsky |
| Oleg Yankovskiy He was 46, 65 years old when he died | as Dr. Smirnov / Tsar Nicholas II |
| Olga Antonova She was 30, now 64 years old | as Tsarina Aleksandra |
Assassin of the Tsar Crew
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Nikolay Nemolyaev as Cinematography. He was 53 (now 86) years old | Crew |
| Aleksandr Petrov as Set Designer. He was 34 (now 67) years old | Art |
| Aleksandr Borodyanskiy as Writer. He was 46 (now 80) years old | Writing |
| Karen Shakhnazarov as Director. He was 38 (now 72) years old | Directing |
| Karen Shakhnazarov as Writer. He was 38 (now 72) years old | Writing |
Assassin of the Tsar (33 years)
Obsessed with the past. Condemned to repeat it.
- Release day: Wednesday, October 02, 1991
- Runtime: 98 minutes