Movie: In the Turmoil of the Russian Revolution

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Marie-Cécile Lucas
Marie-Cécile Lucas

Self - Narrator

Orlando Figes
Orlando Figes

Self - Comments

Hélène Carrère d'Encausse
Hélène Carrère d'Encausse

Self - Comments

Pierre-Frédéric Gilliard
Pierre-Frédéric Gilliard

Self - Comments

Daniel Girardin
Daniel Girardin

Self - Comments

Jean-Jacques Marie
Jean-Jacques Marie

Self - Comments

Maxime Dorian
Maxime Dorian

Lucie Leporowska
Lucie Leporowska

Mathilde Marillat
Mathilde Marillat

Mathilde Marillat
Mathilde Marillat

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    2017 marks the centenary of one of the most significant events of the 20th century - the Russian Revolution. Using the private journals of Pierre Gilliard, tutor to the Romanov children, this film is an intimate and eye-opening account of the Russian Imperial family in those days of turmoil. How did they get through their days? How did they perceive their lives as their world crumbled around them?

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    2017-10-28

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