It portrays the memories of Matilda Kshesinskaya and her love affair with the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II. Matilda, a Polish-born ballerina from the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, had a brief and intense romance with Nicholas between 1892 and 1894, before Nicholas married Alexandra Feodorovna and was crowned Tsar after his father's death. It also explores their relationship, facing societal pressures and interference from Nicholas's mother, Empress Maria Feodorovna, as well as Matilda's involvement with other members of the imperial family, the Romanovs, such as Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich and Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich.
Directed by Alexey Uchitel
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Michalina Olszańska
Matilda Kschessinska

Lars Eidinger
Nicolas II

Luise Wolfram
Alexandra Feodorovna

Danila Kozlovsky
Vorontsov

Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė
Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)

Sergey Garmash
Alexandre III

Evgeny Mironov
Ivan Karlovich

Grigoriy Dobrygin
Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia

Galina Tyunina
Maria Pavlovna, wife of prince Vladimir

Vitaliy Kovalenko
Vladimir Aleksandrovich, great Duke

Vitaly Kishchenko
Vlasov, head of detective police

Thomas Ostermeier
Fishel, psychiatrist

Sarah Stern
Pierina Legnani

Irina Lerman
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