The Last Czars
2019 · Miniseries · TV-MA · 45 min · ★ 7.3 · 61% critics
This docudrama follows Russia’s royal family as unrest grows and the ruling class struggles to respond to mounting public anger. Mixing dramatized scenes with expert commentary, it traces how stubborn leadership and social pressure push a fading dynasty toward collapse.
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Streaming on Netflix.
5 hours to watch · 6 episodes.
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Details
- Years
- 2019
- Release date
- 2019-07-03
- Network
- Netflix
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Runtime
- 45 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 61/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (150 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy accessible historical docudramas with royal scandal, political tension, and expert commentary, especially if you watched American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story; Not for you if mixed documentary-drama formats or explicit content put you off.
Pros: entertaining and informative; strong historical context; lavish costumes | Cons: uneven acting; messy hybrid format; historical inaccuracies
Themes
- docudrama
- reenactment
- russian revolution (1917)
- imperial russia
- 1900s
- romanov dinasty
- melodrama
Cast & crew
Robert Jack
as Nicky
Oliver Dimsdale
as Pierre
Samuel Collings
as Sandro
Ben Cartwright
as Rasputin
Elsie Bennett
as Ella
Susanna Herbert
as Alix
Directed by Adrian McDowall, Gareth Tunley
Episodes1 season · 6 episodes
Season 16 episodes
- S1E1The Chosen One45mNetflix
- S1E2The Boy45mNetflix
- S1E3Anarchy45mNetflix
- S1E4War45mNetflix
- S1E5Revolution45mNetflix
- S1E6The House of Special Purpose45mNetflix