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 Tsar considers abdication]

    Tsar Nicholas II: Tell me, Doctor Fedorov. If my son, as the future Tsar, were left behind, to be educated, while I and my family went abroad, how long would he be likely to live, as a hemophiliac?

    Dr. Fedorov: Deprived of your love and care, and what I hear are his natural surroundings, it's hard to say, it's a matter of luck and chance, your Majesty. There are no real statistics. One would hope that he could live a normal life, but, well... twenty would be a good age.

  • Tsarevich Alexei: Mother, I'm bleeding...

    Tsarina Alexandra: Oh, my God...