Extended Reading
  • Nels 2022-06-14 19:26:39

    A film that clarifies history

    Three hours is a little long. There are a few things about this movie that are really touching, especially the ending. It's not too early, so a few nonsense.

    One, when I was a child, I watched a Xinjiang movie about the theft of cultural relics by the Russian army in Xinjiang. In a thunderstorm, a...

  • Jaron 2022-06-14 14:02:18

    king's end

    "The Secret History of the Russian Palace" belongs to the old-fashioned Hollywood "epic blockbuster". The set is generously spent, and the costumes are extremely gorgeous. The logic of the story is more taken for granted than the historical facts. If the narrative rhythm is well controlled, it can...

Nicholas and Alexandra quotes

  • [as the recently abdicated Tsar arrives at his palace]

    Russian Guard: Who's there?

    Tsar Nicholas II: Citizen Nicholas Romanov.

  • Yurovsky: [the execution of the Tsar and his family has been ordered in 1918] I've kept their mail. I didn't know whether they ought to have it. Shall I give it to them now? Would it be cruel or kind? I don't know how to judge these things. I don't think anyone knows.