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Assassin of the Tsar

“Obsessed with the past. Condemned to repeat it.”

1991 · 1 h 44 min
Directed by Karen Shakhnazarov
DramaHistory

Cast

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Plot

A new doctor in a psychiatric hospital meets a patient who claims to be the man who killed the Tsar's family in 1918.

Sinekatalog’s take

Karen Shakhnazarov's Russian drama, Tsareubiytsa, with Malcolm McDowell and Oleg Yankovsky, is strange, theatrical and intriguing.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.8 / 10 (1,120 votes)
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