The Last Czars is a six-part English-language docudrama that premiered on Netflix on July 3, 2019. The series follows the reign of Nicholas II, the last emperor of Russia's Romanov Dynasty, from his accession to the throne in 1894 to his execution along with the Romanov family in 1918.
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Cast
Robert Jack as Czar Nicholas II
Susanna Herbert as Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna
Ben Cartwright as Grigori Rasputin
Oliver Dimsdale as Pierre Gilliard
Bernice Stegers as Dowager Czarina Maria Feodorovna
Gerard Miller as Prince Yusupov
Steffan Boje as Dr. Schmidt
Indre Patkauskaite as Ana Anderson
Elsie Bennett as Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna
Jurga Seduikyte as Militsa
Duncan Pow as Yurovsky
Karina Stungyte as Grand Duchess Stana Nikolaevna
Milda Noreikaite as Grand Duchess Militza Nikolaevna
Michelle Bonnard as Praskovya
Gavin Mitchell as Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia
Karolina Elzbieta Mikolajunaite as Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna
Aina Norgilaite as Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna
Gabija Pazusyte as Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna
Digna Kulionyte as Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna
Oskar Mowdy as Tsarevich Alexei
Milda Noreikaite as Shura
Reception
On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the series has an approval rating of 60% with an average rating of 6/10, based on 10 reviews.
The series was described by The Guardian as "a surreal Wikipedia entry brought to life", in a review which pointed out production errors such as a bottle with the word “vodka” misspelled in Cyrillic, and a shot of Red Square, supposedly in 1905, featuring Lenin's Mausoleum which was not built until 1924.