Mathilde

Mathilde

Love That Changed An Empire

Directed by Alexey Uchitel

Produced by TPO Rok

2017130 min5.8 / 10

A romantic historical drama centered on an intense, doomed love affair between a ballerina and a future tsar, shadowed by imperial duty and social constraint.

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.

Questions people ask

  • Is Mathilde sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Is Mathilde violent? Not especially. Less violent than 74% of films.

  • Is Mathilde scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Does Mathilde end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 61% of films.

  • Is Mathilde easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 60% of films.

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.

19/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity44

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise6

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love15

How much audiences actually like it

The highest scores in the catalogue →

Ensemble

Like Mathilde

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Mathilde

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Mathilde, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Mathilde, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Mathilde, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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