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Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
Country of Origin: UK
/ USA
Year of Production: 1971
Running Times: 189 mins
Format: Eastmancolor 35mm
Panavision (anamorphic)
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Horizon
Producer: Sam Spiegel
Associate Producer: Andrew Donally
Production Supervisor: Luis Roberts
SCRIPT
Script: James Goldman
Additional Dialogue: Edward Bond
Book: Robert K. Massie
DIRECTION
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
2nd Unit Director: John Box
Assistant Director: José López Rodero
2nd Unit 1st Assistant Director: Miguel Gil (uncredited)
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Freddie Young
2nd Unit Photography: Manuel Berenguer
Camera Operator: Ernest Day
EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Ernest
Walter
MUSIC
Music: Richard Rodney Bennett
Additional Music: Christopher Gunning
Music Director: Marcus Dods
Music Performed By: The New Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductors: Christopher Gunning, Marcus Dods
Music Arranged By: Christopher Gunning
SOUND
Sound Recordists: George Stephenson, Gerry Humphreys
Sound Editor: Winston Ryder
MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Costume Designers: Yvonne Blake, Antonio Castillo
2nd Unit Costumes: Anthony Powell
Wardrobe Supervisor: Betty Adamson
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Eddie Fowler
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: John Box
Art Directors: Jack Maxsted, Ernest Archer, Gil Parrondo
Assistant Art Directors: Robert W. Laing, Alan Roderick-Jones
Set Decorator: Vernon Dixon
Construction Manager: Angus Walker
MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Phyllis Crocker
Uniform and Military Advisor: John Mollo
Dialogue Coordinator: David Giles
CAST
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 (Colonel Kobylinsky)
Alan Webb (Yurovsky)
Ian Holm (Yakolev)
Roy Dotrice (General Alexeiev)
Martin Potter
(Prince Yussoupov)
Richard Warwick (Grand Duke Dmitry)
Ania Marson (Olga)
Lynne Frederick (Tatiana)
Candice 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 (Kokovstov)
Ralph Truman (Rodzianko)
Gordon Gostelow (Guchkov)
Curd Jurgens (German Consul Sklarz)
Vivian Pickles (Mme Krupskaya)
Brian
Cox (Trotsky)
James Hazeldine (Stalin)
Stephen Grief (Martov)
Steven Berkoff (Pankratov)
Eric Chapman (Plekhanov)
Leon Lissek (Avadeyev)
David Giles (Goloshchekin)
Vernon Dobtcheff (Dr Lazovert)
Alexander Knox (American Ambasador)
Ralph Neville (British Ambasador Buchanan)
Jorge Rigaud (French Ambasador Paleologue)
Julian Glover (Gapon)
John Shrapnel (Petya)
Diana Quick (Sonya)
John Forbes Robertson (Colonel Voikov)
Alan Dalton (flautist)
David Baxter (young Bolshevik)
Penny Sugg (opera singer)
Robin Askwith (Russian soldier - uncredited)
Bernabe Barta Barri (uncredited)
Frank Brana (uncredited)
Jeremy Brett (uncredited)
Jaime de Mora y Aragón (uncredited)
SUMMARY
As the Russian Revolution gather pace around them,
Nicholas II, the last Czar of Russia, and his family fall under the
hypnotic spell of the sinister mystic Rasputin.
AVAILABILITY
UK
Theatrical Distributor: Columbia-Warner
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Laserdisc Distributor: Pioneer (PSE 91-21); RCA/Columbia (30072)
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Finland
Rating: K-16
Sweden
Rating: 15
UK
Rating: A
USA
Rating: PG
AWARDS
1972
Academy Awards, USA
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Ernest Archer, John Box, Vernon Dixon,
Jack Maxsted, Gil Parrondo) - winner
Best Costume Design (Yvonne Blake, Antonio Castillo) - winner
Best Actress in a Leading Role (Janet Suzman) - nominated
Best Cinematography (Freddie Young) - nominated
Best Music, Original Dramatic Score (Richard Rodney Bennett) - nominated
Best Picture (Sam Spiegel) - nominated
British Academy Awards
Best Art Direction (John Box) - nominated
Best Costume Design (Yvonne Blake, Antonio Castillo) - nominated
Best Newcomer (Janet Suzman) - nominated
Golden Globes, USA
Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture (Tom Baker) - nominated
Most Promising Newcomer - Female (Janet Suzman) - nominated
Most Promising Newcomer - Male (Tom Baker) - nominated
TIMELINE
1971
November
29: UK - theatrical release
December
16: Sweden - theatrical release
25: Finland - theatrical release
2002
March
4: USA - television broadcast (on TRUE)
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Nicola e Alessandra - Italian title
Nicolás y Alejandra - Spanish title
Nikolai ja Aleksandra - Finnish title
Nikolaj i Aleksandra - Polish title
Nikolaus och Alexandra - Swedish title
Nikolaus und Alexandra - German title
LINKS
SEE ALSO
J'ai tué Raspoutine (1967)
Rasputin (1996)
Rasputin and the Empress (1932)
Rasputin, the Black Monk (1917)
Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966)
La tragédie impériale (1938)
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
Monthly Film Bulletin January 1972 p.12
(UK)
credits, synopsis, review
KEYWORDS
rasputin; hypnotism; the czar; russian revolution;
royalty
Last Updated:
15 October, 2008
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