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Russian Tsar Nicholas II (Michael Jayston) and his German wife Alexandra (Janet Suzman) are driven apart as personal and social circumstances conspire against them. Their only son is born a haemophiliac, and Alexandra becomes obsessed with faith healer Rasputin (Tom Baker). Meanwhile, World War One erupts, Russian society turns against the queen because she is German and the Bolsheviks attempt to take power. (Mediumrare Entertainment)

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