Great Crimes and Trials of the Twentieth Century The Massacre of the Tsar and the Imperial Family (Season 1, Episode 16)
TV Episode | Documentary, Crime, History

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Great Crimes and Trials of the Twentieth Century

The Massacre of the Tsar and the Imperial Family (Season 1, Episode 16)

TV Episode | Documentary, Crime, History

As civil war raged across Russia in 1918, the deposed Tsar and his family were imprisoned. On 16th July they were massacred and buried in the forest. Almost immediately though, rumors sprang up that not all the imperial family were dead

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1994 (United Kingdom)

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22 cast members

Name	Known for
Anna Anderson Self - Claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia (archive footage) Self - Claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia (archive footage) See fewer	Les Descendants - Les grands Noms de'Histoire (1966)
Eugene Botkin Self - Tsar's personal Doctor Self - Tsar's personal Doctor See fewer	History Extra podcast (2007)
Czar Aleksandr III Self - Nicholas Father Self - Nicholas Father See fewer	Kejser Nikolaus ankomst til Helsingør 1901 (1902)
Anna Demidova Self - Maid Self - Maid See fewer	Unsolved Mysteries (1987)
Elizabeth Feodorovna Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	New Books in Russian and Eurasian Studies (2008)
Pierre Gilliard Self - French language tutor (archive footage) Self - French language tutor (archive footage) See fewer	Les revues du monde (2014)
Grand Duchess Anastasia Self - Nicholas and Alexandra's Daughter (archive footage) Self - Nicholas and Alexandra's Daughter (archive footage) See fewer
Grand Duchess Maria Self - Nicholas and Alexandra's Daughter (archive footage) (as Grand Duchess Marie) Self - Nicholas and Alexandra's Daughter (archive footage) (as Grand Duchess Marie) See fewer
Grand Duchess Olga Self - Nicholas and Alexandra's Daughter (archive footage) Self - Nicholas and Alexandra's Daughter (archive footage) See fewer	De kongelige skal fotograferes (1899)
Grand Duchess Tatiana Self - Nicholas and Alexandra's Daughter (archive footage) Self - Nicholas and Alexandra's Daughter (archive footage) See fewer	De kongelige skal fotograferes (1899)
Peter the Great Self Self See fewer	Russia's Lost Princesses (2014)
Joy Self - Cocker Spaniel Self - Cocker Spaniel See fewer	Weird History (2018)
Ivan Kharitonov Self - Cook Self - Cook See fewer	Unsolved Mysteries (1987)
Vladimir Lenin Self - Leader of the Bolshevik (archive footage) (as V.I. Lenin) Self - Leader of the Bolshevik (archive footage) (as V.I. Lenin) See fewer	Un'alba (1920)
Grigory Petrovich Nikulin Self - Assistant Self - Assistant See fewer	Great Crimes and Trials of the Twentieth Century (1992)
Robert Powell Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	The Italian Job (1969)
Queen Victoria Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	A Royal Family (2003)
Grigory Rasputin Self - Holy Man (archive footage) Self - Holy Man (archive footage) See fewer	Elizaveta Fedorovna. Ostalas lish odna molitva (2018)
Aleksey Nikolaeyvitch Romanov Self - Nicholas and Alexandra's Son (archive footage) Self - Nicholas and Alexandra's Son (archive footage) See fewer	Mutual Weekly, No. 87 (1914)
Alexei Trupp Self - Footman (archive footage) Self - Footman (archive footage) See fewer	Based on a True Story (2016)
Tsar Nicholas II Self - Tsar (archive footage) Self - Tsar (archive footage) See fewer	The German Curse in Russia (1918)
Tsarina Alexandra Self - Nicholas Wife (archive footage) Self - Nicholas Wife (archive footage) See fewer	Arrival of Funeral Cortege at St. George's Chapel (1901)