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A compilation of newsreels shot between 1913 and 1917 - the years leading up to the Russian Revolution.
Directed By: Esfir Shub
Star Cast: Mikhail Alekseyev , Alexei Brusilov , Nikolai Chkheidze , Emperor Franz Josef ,
Documentary History
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Mikhail Alekseyev
Self (with Tsar Nicholas) (archive footage)
Alexei Brusilov
Self (Consults with Another Officer) (archive footage)
Nikolai Chkheidze
Self (Chairman, 1st Session, Petrograd Soviet) (archive footage)
Emperor Franz Josef
Self (Reviews Troops) (archive footage)
Vera Figner
Self (People's Will Party, in Open Car) (archive footage)
Grand Duchess Anastasia
Self (archive footage)
Grand Duchess Marie
Grand Duchess Olga
Grand Duchess Tatiana
Aleksandr Guchkov
Iliodor
Self (Monk, Rasputin's Rival) (archive footage) (as Illiodor)
Aleksandr Izvolsky
Self (Ambassador to France, Gets in Carriage) (archive footage)
Joseph Joffre
Self (with Millerand) (archive footage)
Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany
Governor of Kaluga
Alexander Kerensky
Self (Doffs Fur Hat, Shakes Hands of Soldiers) (archive footage)
King George V of the United Kingdom
Self (in Ceremonial Carriage, Not Visible) (archive footage)
Alexander Kolchak
Self (Aboard Ship) (archive footage)