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This is a list of films about the Romanovs, the rulers of Russia from 1613 to 1917.There have been many films about the Romanovs, so this list may be incomplete.

1890s

Year	Country	Title	Director	Notes
1896	Russian Empire	Coronation of Nicholas II	Camille Cerf	First film ever made in Russia.

1910s

Year	Country	Title	Director	Notes
1913	Russian Empire	Tryokhsotletie Tsarstvovaniya Doma Romanovykh	Aleksandr Drankov	English Title: Tercentenary of the Accession of the House of Romanov. This film was released to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Romanov rule in Russia.This film was said to have the blessing of Tsar Nicholas II himself.
1917	United States Cinema of the United States The cinema of the United States, also known as Hollywood, has had a profound effect on cinema across the world since the early 20th century. Its history is sometimes separated into four main periods: the silent film era, classical Hollywood cinema, New Hollywood, and the contemporary period...	The Fall of the Romanovs The Fall of the Romanovs The Fall of the Romanovs is a silent film directed by Herbert Brenon. It was released only seven months after the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II in February 1917. This film is also notable for starring, Rasputin's rival monk Iliodor, as himself. Costars Nance O'Neil and Alfred Hickman were married...	Herbert Brenon	This was one of four films released after the abdication of Nicholas II in March 1917. One of the characters, Iliodor Sergei Trufanoff Sergei Michailovich Trufanov a.k.a. Iliodor was a lapsed hieromonk and author.... , enemy monk of Rasputin, played himself.
1919	Soviet Russia Cinema of the Soviet Union The cinema of the Soviet Union, not to be confused with "Cinema of Russia" despite Russian language films being predominant in both genres, includes several film contributions of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union reflecting elements of their pre-Soviet culture, language and history,...	Pyotr i Alexei	Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky	English title:Peter and Alexei Chronicled the childhood of Peter the Great, moving from the reign of his father to his own.

1920s

Year	Country	Title	Director	Notes
1927	Soviet Union Cinema of the Soviet Union The cinema of the Soviet Union, not to be confused with "Cinema of Russia" despite Russian language films being predominant in both genres, includes several film contributions of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union reflecting elements of their pre-Soviet culture, language and history,...	The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty	Esfir Shub Esfir Shub Esfir Ilyichna Shub , also referred as Esther Shub, was a pioneering Soviet filmmaker.Born in Surazh, Chernigov Governorate, part of Left-bank Ukraine within the Russian Empire, Shub began her career in film as a re-editor for Goskino; she edited several Western films according to Goskino...	Classic compilation documentary.
1928	United States Cinema of the United States The cinema of the United States, also known as Hollywood, has had a profound effect on cinema across the world since the early 20th century. Its history is sometimes separated into four main periods: the silent film era, classical Hollywood cinema, New Hollywood, and the contemporary period...	Clothes Make the Woman	Tom Terriss Tom Terriss Tom Terriss was a British actor, screenwriter and film director. He was the brother of Ellaline Terriss and William Terriss.-Selected filmography:* The Mystery of Edwin Drood * The Spark Divine * Captain Swift...	This was the first film about Anna Anderson Anna Anderson Anna Anderson was the best known of several impostors who claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia... who pretended to be Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia was the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, the last sovereign of Imperial Russia, and his wife Alexandra Fyodorovna.... .
1928	Germany Cinema of Germany Cinema in Germany can be traced back to the late 19th century. German cinema has made major technical and artistic contributions to film.Unlike any other national cinemas, which developed in the context of relatively continuous and stable political systems, Germany witnesses major changes to its...	Anastasia, Die Falsche Zarentochter	Arthur Bergen	This film has hastily written and produced to take advantage of the allegation that Anna Anderson was actually Fransziska Schanskowska, a missing factory worker from Poland.This allegation was made by Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse Ernest Louis Charles Albert William , was the last Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 1892 until 1918... and his private investigators.

1930s

Year	Country	Title	Director	Notes
1932	United States Cinema of the United States The cinema of the United States, also known as Hollywood, has had a profound effect on cinema across the world since the early 20th century. Its history is sometimes separated into four main periods: the silent film era, classical Hollywood cinema, New Hollywood, and the contemporary period...	Rasputin and the Empress Rasputin and the Empress Rasputin and the Empress is a 1932 film about Imperial Russia starring the Barrymore siblings—John , Ethel , and Lionel Barrymore . It is the only film in which all three appeared together...	Richard Boleslawski	First sound film where all the Barrymore siblings Lionel, John, and Ethel appeared together.Prince Felix Yussupov who was living in London at the time, launched a massive lawsuit against MGM for the inaccurate portrayal of himself and his wife, Irina Alexandrovna.

1940s

Year	Country	Title	Director	Notes
1940	Germany	Katharina von Rußland	Carl Froelich Carl Froelich Carl August Froelich was a German film pioneer and film director.-Apparatus builder and cameraman:...	English tile: Catherine of Russia Never completed; Only a few shots were completed before production was halted.

1950s

Year	Country	Title	Director	Notes
1956	United States Cinema of the United States The cinema of the United States, also known as Hollywood, has had a profound effect on cinema across the world since the early 20th century. Its history is sometimes separated into four main periods: the silent film era, classical Hollywood cinema, New Hollywood, and the contemporary period...	Anastasia	Anatole Litvak Anatole Litvak Anatole Litvak was a Ukrainian-born filmmaker who wrote, directed, and produced films in a various countries and languages...	Film adaptation of the play by Marcelle Maurette
1956	Germany Cinema of Germany Cinema in Germany can be traced back to the late 19th century. German cinema has made major technical and artistic contributions to film.Unlike any other national cinemas, which developed in the context of relatively continuous and stable political systems, Germany witnesses major changes to its...	Anastasia: Die letzte Zarentochter	Falk Harnack	English Title: Anastasia: The Last Tsar's Daughter Starring Lilli Palmer as Anna Anderson Anna Anderson Anna Anderson was the best known of several impostors who claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia... /Anastasia Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia was the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, the last sovereign of Imperial Russia, and his wife Alexandra Fyodorovna....

1960s

Year	Country	Title	Director	Notes
1966	United Kingdom Cinema of the United Kingdom The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...	Rasputin, the Mad Monk Rasputin, the Mad Monk Rasputin, the Mad Monk is a 1966 Hammer film directed by Don Sharp.It stars Christopher Lee as Grigori Rasputin, the Russian peasant-mystic notable for gaining great influence with the Tsars prior to the Russian Revolution. It also stars Barbara Shelley, Francis Matthews, Suzan Farmer, Richard...	Don Sharp Don Sharp Donald Sharp is a British film director.His most famous films were made for Hammer Studios in the sixties, and included The Kiss of the Vampire and Rasputin, the Mad Monk . Also in 1965 he directed The Face of Fu Manchu, based on the character created by Sax Rohmer, here played by Christopher Lee...

1970s

Year	Country	Title	Director	Notes
1971	United Kingdom Cinema of the United Kingdom The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry... United States Cinema of the United States The cinema of the United States, also known as Hollywood, has had a profound effect on cinema across the world since the early 20th century. Its history is sometimes separated into four main periods: the silent film era, classical Hollywood cinema, New Hollywood, and the contemporary period...	Nicholas and Alexandra Nicholas and Alexandra Nicholas and Alexandra is a 1971 biographical film which tells the story of the last Russian monarch, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, and his wife, Tsarina Alexandra....	Franklin J. Schaffner	Based on the book by Robert K. Massie Robert K. Massie Robert Kinloch Massie III is an American historian, author, Pulitzer Prize recipient. He has devoted much of his career to studying the House of Romanov, Russia's royal family from 1613-1917.-Biography:...
1977	Soviet Union Cinema of the Soviet Union The cinema of the Soviet Union, not to be confused with "Cinema of Russia" despite Russian language films being predominant in both genres, includes several film contributions of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union reflecting elements of their pre-Soviet culture, language and history,...	Agoniya	Elem Klimov Elem Klimov Elem Germanovich Klimov was a Soviet Russian film director. He studied at VGIK, and was married to film director Larisa Shepitko. He is best known in the West for his final film, 1985's Come and See , a powerful tale of a teenage boy in German-occupied Byelorussia during the German-Soviet War,...	Film about Rasputin.Was not released in the Soviet Union until 1981.
1974	United Kingdom Cinema of the United Kingdom The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...	Fall of Eagles Fall of Eagles Fall of Eagles is a 13-part British television drama aired by the BBC in 1974. The series was created by John Elliot and produced by Stuart Burge....	John Elliot John Elliot (author) John Herbert Elliot was a British novelist, screenwriter and television producer. Between 1954 and 1960 he scripted a succession of one-off television plays including War in the Air and A Man from the Sun... (creator)	Miniseries about the fall of the Habsburg Habsburg The House of Habsburg , also found as Hapsburg, and also known as House of Austria is one of the most important royal houses of Europe and is best known for being an origin of all of the formally elected Holy Roman Emperors between 1438 and 1740, as well as rulers of the Austrian Empire and... , Hohenzollern, and Romanov Romanov The House of Romanov was the second and last imperial dynasty to rule over Russia, reigning from 1613 until the February Revolution abolished the crown in 1917... dynasties.

1980s

Year	Country	Title	Director	Notes
1986	United States Cinema of the United States The cinema of the United States, also known as Hollywood, has had a profound effect on cinema across the world since the early 20th century. Its history is sometimes separated into four main periods: the silent film era, classical Hollywood cinema, New Hollywood, and the contemporary period... Soviet Union Cinema of the Soviet Union The cinema of the Soviet Union, not to be confused with "Cinema of Russia" despite Russian language films being predominant in both genres, includes several film contributions of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union reflecting elements of their pre-Soviet culture, language and history,...	Peter the Great Peter the Great (TV Series) Peter the Great is a 1986 NBC television mini-series starring Maximilian Schell as Russian leader Peter the Great, and based on the biography by Robert K. Massie. It won three Primetime Emmy Awards, including the award for Outstanding Miniseries....	Lawrence Schiller Lawrence Schiller Lawrence Julian Schiller is a noted American film producer, director and screenwriter.-Career:Schiller was born in 1936 in Brooklyn, and grew up outside of San Diego, California...	Television miniseries based on the book by Robert K. Massie Robert K. Massie Robert Kinloch Massie III is an American historian, author, Pulitzer Prize recipient. He has devoted much of his career to studying the House of Romanov, Russia's royal family from 1613-1917.-Biography:...
1986	Austria Cinema of Austria Austria has had an active cinema industry since the early 20th century. Sascha Kolowrat-Krakowsky was among the Austrian pioneers of this art. Several Austrians pursued a career in pre-Nazi Germany and later in the United States, among them Fritz Lang, Josef von Sternberg, Billy Wilder, Fred... Italy Cinema of Italy The history of Italian cinema began just a few months after the Lumière brothers had patented their Cinematographe, when Pope Leo XIII was filmed for a few seconds in the act of blessing the camera.-Early years:...	Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna is a 1986 TV movie, starring Amy Irving, Olivia de Havilland and Jan Niklas. The film was loosely based on the story of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia and the novel The Riddle of Anna Anderson by Peter Kurth. It was Christian Bale's first film and Rex...	Marvin J. Chomsky Marvin J. Chomsky Marvin J. Chomsky is an American television and film director. He has also worked as a producer. He is a cousin of academic Noam Chomsky....	Miniseries based on a biography of Anna Anderson by Peter Kurth

1990s

Year	Country	Title	Director	Notes
1991	Soviet Union Cinema of the Soviet Union The cinema of the Soviet Union, not to be confused with "Cinema of Russia" despite Russian language films being predominant in both genres, includes several film contributions of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union reflecting elements of their pre-Soviet culture, language and history,...	Tsareubiytsa	Karen Shakhnazarov Karen Shakhnazarov Karen Georgievich Shakhnazarov is a Soviet and Russian-Armenian filmmaker, producer and screenwriter. He became the Director General of the Mosfilm studios in 1998.Shakhnazarov is the son of a prominent politician of Armenian descent, Georgy Shakhnazarov....	English title: Assassin of the Tsar Film about a man who claims to be Yakov Yurovsky, the man who killed Tsar Nicholas II.
1992	Russia Cinema of Russia The cinema of Russia began in the Russian Empire, widely developed under the Soviet and in the years following the fall of the Soviet system, the Russian film industry would remain internationally recognised...	Last Days of the Last Tsar	Anatoli Ivanov	Documentary film
1996	United States Cinema of the United States The cinema of the United States, also known as Hollywood, has had a profound effect on cinema across the world since the early 20th century. Its history is sometimes separated into four main periods: the silent film era, classical Hollywood cinema, New Hollywood, and the contemporary period... Russia Cinema of Russia The cinema of Russia began in the Russian Empire, widely developed under the Soviet and in the years following the fall of the Soviet system, the Russian film industry would remain internationally recognised... Hungary Cinema of Hungary Hungary has had a notable cinema industry from the beginning of the 20th century, with Hungarians who affected the world of motion picture both inside and outside the borders...	Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny is a biographical 1996 TV film about Rasputin.-Awards:Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny won a Golden Globe for Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for TV. Alan Rickman, starring as Rasputin, won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for his work in this movie...	Uli Edel Uli Edel Uli Edel is a German film director.-Work:After studying theatre science in Munich, he was accepted into Munich Film School alongside Bernd Eichinger. Uli befriended him and they started working together on their exercise movies, sharing a love for the nouvelle vague and Italian neorealism as well...
1997	United States Cinema of the United States The cinema of the United States, also known as Hollywood, has had a profound effect on cinema across the world since the early 20th century. Its history is sometimes separated into four main periods: the silent film era, classical Hollywood cinema, New Hollywood, and the contemporary period...	Anastasia Anastasia (1997 film) Anastasia is a 1997 American animated musical film produced and directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman. It was the first feature film to be released by Fox Animation Studios....	Don Bluth Don Bluth Donald Virgil "Don" Bluth is an American animator and independent studio owner. He is best known for his departure from The Walt Disney Company in 1979 and his subsequent directing of animated films such as The Secret of NIMH , An American Tail ,The Land Before Time , and All Dogs Go to Heaven ,...	Animated adaptation of Anastasia (1956)

2000s

Year	Country	Title	Director	Notes
2000	Russia Cinema of Russia The cinema of Russia began in the Russian Empire, widely developed under the Soviet and in the years following the fall of the Soviet system, the Russian film industry would remain internationally recognised...	Romanovy: Ventsenosnaya semya	Gleb Panfilov Gleb Panfilov Gleb Anatolyevich Panfilov is an internationally acclaimed Russian film director noted for a string of mostly historical films starring his wife, Inna Churikova:...	English title: The Romanovs: An Imperial Family Includes footage of the canonization of Tsar Nicholas II and his family in 2000.
2002	Russia Cinema of Russia The cinema of Russia began in the Russian Empire, widely developed under the Soviet and in the years following the fall of the Soviet system, the Russian film industry would remain internationally recognised...	Russian Ark Russian Ark Russian Ark is a 2002 Russian historical drama film directed by Alexander Sokurov. It was filmed entirely in the Winter Palace of the Russian State Hermitage Museum using a single 96-minute Steadicam sequence shot...	Alexander Sokurov Alexander Sokurov Alexander Nikolayevich Sokurov is a Russian filmmaker. His most significant works include a semi-documentary, Russian Ark , filmed in a single unedited shot, and Faust , which was honoured with the Golden Lion, the highest prize for the best film at the Venice Film Festival.- Life and work...	Filmed in the Hermitage Museum in St.Petersburg in just one 90 minute shot.
2003	United Kingdom Cinema of the United Kingdom The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...	The Lost Prince The Lost Prince The Lost Prince is an acclaimed British television drama serial, produced by Talkback Thames for the BBC and originally broadcast in two episodes on BBC One in January 2003...	Stephen Poliakoff Stephen Poliakoff Stephen Poliakoff, CBE, FRSL is an acclaimed British playwright, director and scriptwriter, widely judged amongst Britain's foremost television dramatists.-Early life and career:...	Mini series about Prince John of the United Kingdom Prince John of the United Kingdom The Prince John was a member of the British Royal Family, the youngest son of King George V and Queen Mary. The Prince had epilepsy and consequently was largely hidden from the public eye.-Early life:... .The Romanovs appear in a few scenes.

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