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The Last Czars · S1 · E4

War

  • TV-MA
  • Jul 3, 2019
  • 45 min

World War I takes Nicholas to the front. Back home, outrage grows over high casualties and Alexandra and Rasputin’s political intrigues.

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World War I takes Nicholas to the front. Back home, outrage grows over high casualties and Alexandra and Rasputin’s political intrigues.

Season 1

6 episodes

  1. 1The Chosen One

    45 minJul 3, 2019

    Czar Nicholas II takes the Russian throne in 1894 and rejects modern ideas to embrace a pure autocracy. Tragedy marks his coronation day.

  2. 2The Boy

    45 minJul 3, 2019

    Russia’s disastrous war against Japan prompts civil unrest. Prince Alexei is diagnosed with hemophilia, and Siberian mystic Rasputin steps in.

  3. 3Anarchy

    45 minJul 3, 2019

    Rasputin’s influence grows. The Romanovs retreat into a bubble of luxury while the czar's forces brutally suppress protests by a starving populace.

  4. 4War

    45 minJul 3, 2019Now viewing

    World War I takes Nicholas to the front. Back home, outrage grows over high casualties and Alexandra and Rasputin’s political intrigues.

  5. 5Revolution

    45 minJul 3, 2019

    Rasputin is gone, but Nicholas continues his catastrophic policies in war and at home. Deprivation pushes the population from unrest to revolution.

  6. 6The House of Special Purpose

    45 minJul 3, 2019

    The czar abdicates, and civil war erupts. As pro-royalist forces close in on the house where the Romanovs are imprisoned, the family's fate is sealed.