Is Assassin of the Tsar sad?

Yes, very. More sad than 96% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Assassin of the Tsar end with hope?

Barely. Less hopeful than 78% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Assassin of the Tsar easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Assassin of the Tsar scary?

Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Assassin of the Tsar violent?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Assassin of the Tsar

Name: Assassin of the Tsar
Genre: History, Drama
Released: 1991
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 5.6
Cast: Oleg Yankovskiy, Malcolm McDowell, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Yuriy Sherstnyov, Olga Antonova

Obsessed with the past. Condemned to repeat it.

Directed by Karen Shakhnazarov

Produced by Mosfilm, Spectator Entertainment International

199198 min5.6 / 10

A psychologically intricate drama that uses a psychiatric encounter to explore guilt, historical trauma, and the blurred boundary between past and present through philosophical dialogue.

A new doctor from Moscow arrives at a provincial mental institution. His interest is the peculiarities of the psyche of a patient who believes that he is Yakov Yurovsky, the man who assassinated the last Russian tsar. In the course of their conversations it transpires that the patient is a kind of philosopher, not without a gift for suggestion. In a while the doctor himself falls under his patient’s influence: he tends to relive that fatal night of June 16-17, 1918 when, without any investigation or trial, Tsar Nicholas II, who had recently abdicated, was murdered, together with his wife, daughters and incurably ill heir. Soon the doctor realizes that the tragedy of the last Russian tsar is in part his own tragedy, too...

Clusters

Unresolved Grief Stories Historical War Movies Ancient History And Mythology Prison Movies

Genres

History Drama

Keywords

Psychiatric Hospital Russian Revolution (1917)Romanov Dinasty

Questions people ask

Is Assassin of the Tsar sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.
Does Assassin of the Tsar end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 78% of films.
Is Assassin of the Tsar easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Is Assassin of the Tsar scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of films.
Is Assassin of the Tsar violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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