Lucy Worsley travels to Russia to tell the extraordinary story of the dynasty that ruled the country for more than three centuries. It’s an epic tale that includes giant figures such as Peter the Great and Catherine the Great, the devastating struggle against Napoleon in 1812, and the shocking murders of Nicholas II and his family in 1918 which brought the dynasty to a brutal end. The Romanovs were the most powerful European monarchs since the Middle Ages, wielding unmatched authority into the 20th century. Lucy will see how they embraced and sponsored the arts on an astonishing scale, commissioning artworks and building spectacular palaces that still dazzle today. Yet many ordinary Russians were little better than slaves, and the failure of the Romanovs to address their condition would ultimately lead to revolution. In this new three-part series, Lucy will apply her characteristic insight, attention to detail and wit to the Romanov dynasty. Her understanding of royal tradition and culture, and her gift for bringing historical characters vividly to life, will create a fresh and compelling account of this unique royal family.

The most vivid pages of Russian history and the establishment and consolidation of Russian state power are associated with the eighteen Russian Tsars of the House of Romanov which include such historic names as Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, Nicholas I and Alexanders I, II and III. The dynasty ended with the brutal assassination of the last Tsar, Nicholas II and his family by the Bolsheviks in Ekaterinburg in 1917. The Romanov dynasty played a hugely important role in world history, and the series highlights the life stories and characters of the tsars, recounting their rise to power and their contribution to the dynasty, their merits and their faults, their achievements and mistakes, their victories and defeats in war. The series also examines the Russian form of 'Caesarism' as a system of state administration - its advantages and drawbacks and how the Russian state changed under the Romanov's rule. THE ROMANOVS is told in eight epic one-hour episodes using a unique combination of magnificent CGI animation and dramatic reconstruction with careful and accurate attention paid to each period.

由Matthew Weiner主创﹑执笔﹑制片﹑执导的首季8小时诗选剧《罗曼诺夫后裔》，以全球各地的独立故事联系在一起，每个故事中都有相信自己是罗曼诺夫后裔的人（罗曼诺夫是俄罗斯的一个王朝，曾有多位沙皇，而因为血统问题，令到出现血亲争议）。该剧预定明年上线。

Directed and edited by Esfir Shub. A devastating chronicle of Tsarist Russia from the eve of World War I until its brutal demise in the revolutions of February and October 1917, The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty comprises hundreds of films that Esfir Shub unearthed and rescued from damp cellars and other neglected corners of the Soviet Union, including newsreels and home movies taken by the Tsar’s own cameramen. Using the film splice as a cudgel, Shub contrasts the Imperial Family in opulent ballrooms, regal processions, and garden tea parties with the backbreaking toil of the masses, a bitter satire that makes the Revolution seem both historically inevitable and triumphant. One of the great pleasures of this Vertov retrospective is rediscovering the work of certain largely forgotten women filmmakers of the Soviet avant-garde, including Elizaveta Svilova, Vertov’s editor and wife, and Shub, who pioneered “found footage” cinema and was instrumental in the development of dialectical montage, collaborating with Sergei Eisenstein on the shooting scripts of Strike and Potemkin. (from moma.org)

The story of the last year and a half of Tsar Nicholas II and his family from the February Revolution of 1917 to their execution in July 1918

从1917年二月革命到1918年7月被处决，沙皇尼古拉二世及其家人最后一年半的故事。

沙皇帝国与蒙古汗国那段被尘封的历史，在俄罗斯电影人的努力下被搬上了荧幕。为了生动展现那个伟大时代的宏大战役，摄制组调用了5000匹蒙古马，还让边防部队上万人参与其中。

俄罗斯之旅

乌苏里兰(Ussuriland)从锡霍特阿兰森林(Sikhote Alin forests)延伸到湍急的黑龙江。有两只罕见的东北花豹(Amur leopard)在乌苏里兰森林潜行，这种动物目前仅剩三十只，而且全都在俄罗斯这个远东区。亚洲黑熊悬挂在树上，花栗鼠(chipmunk)努力猎食，梅花鹿(spotted sika deer)则前往海滨吃海草。因为空旷地带出现梅花鹿，引来当地的大型掠食动物西伯利亚虎(Amur tiger)。然而这种动物自己也有可怕天敌，就是盗猎与栖息地遭到破坏。幸好坎卡湖溼地(Lake Khanka wetlands)已经渐渐走出污染，如今住着鹭群(herons)与中国鳖(Chinese soft-shelled turtle)。这里不只是陆面上有各式动物，水底动物的种类也很多，而且因为深谙伪装而活下来。