Extended Reading
  • Nels 2022-06-14 19:26:39

    A film that clarifies history

    Three hours is a little long. There are a few things about this movie that are really touching, especially the ending. It's not too early, so a few nonsense.

    One, when I was a child, I watched a Xinjiang movie about the theft of cultural relics by the Russian army in Xinjiang. In a thunderstorm, a...

  • Jaron 2022-06-14 14:02:18

    king's end

    "The Secret History of the Russian Palace" belongs to the old-fashioned Hollywood "epic blockbuster". The set is generously spent, and the costumes are extremely gorgeous. The logic of the story is more taken for granted than the historical facts. If the narrative rhythm is well controlled, it can...

Nicholas and Alexandra quotes

  • Tsar Nicholas II: Gentlemen, Germany has declared war on Russia. God save Russia!

    Nikolasha: God save the Tsar.

  • Count Witte: None of you will be here when this war ends. Everything we fought for will be lost, everything we've loved will be broken. The victors will be as cursed as the defeated. The world will grow old, and men will wander about, lost in the ruins, and go mad. Tradition, restraint, virtue, they all go. I'm not mourning for myself, but for the people who will come after me, they will live without hope. And all they will have will be guilt, revenge, and terror. And the world will be full of fanatics and trivial fools.