Episode 1
The Chosen One
45m3.5 / 10
Czar Nicholas II takes the Russian throne in 1894 and rejects modern ideas to embrace a pure autocracy. Tragedy marks his coronation day.
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Directed by Adrian McDowall
TV series
The Last Czars
2019TV-MA1 season7.3 / 10
When social upheaval sweeps Russia in the early 20th century, Czar Nicholas II resists change, sparking a revolution and ending a dynasty.
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Synopsis
When social upheaval sweeps Russia in the early 20th century, Czar Nicholas II resists change, sparking a revolution and ending a dynasty.
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Episode 2
The Boy
45m3.5 / 10
Russia’s disastrous war against Japan prompts civil unrest. Prince Alexei is diagnosed with hemophilia, and Siberian mystic Rasputin steps in.
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Directed by Adrian McDowallWritten by Dana Fainaru
Episode 3
Anarchy
45m3.5 / 10
Rasputin’s influence grows. The Romanovs retreat into a bubble of luxury while the czar's forces brutally suppress protests by a starving populace.
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Directed by Adrian McDowallWritten by Christopher Bell
Episode 4
War
45m5.0 / 10
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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Directed by Gareth Tunley
Episode 5
Revolution
45m5.0 / 10
Rasputin is gone, but Nicholas continues his catastrophic policies in war and at home. Deprivation pushes the population from unrest to revolution.
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Directed by Gareth TunleyWritten by Christopher Bell
Episode 6
The House of Special Purpose
45m5.0 / 10finale
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.
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Directed by Gareth TunleyWritten by Dana Fainaru
Episode information updated Sep 18, 2026
More about The Last Czars
Cast
Robert JackNicky
Oliver DimsdalePierre
Samuel CollingsSandro
Ben CartwrightRasputin
Elsie BennettElla
Susanna HerbertAlix
Michelle BonnardPraskovyaCredits
- Written by
- Dana Fainaru, Christopher Bell
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Documentary
- Episodes
- 6
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
Netflix
NutopiaUnited Kingdom
Themes
1900sdocudramaimperial russiamelodramareenactmentromanov dinastyrussian revolution (1917)
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