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。

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.

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。

疫情期间，游勇翻出年轻时的 DV 机，画面里青春的模样让他陷入 2008 年的回忆。当时负责给家里送货的游勇，一次意外邂逅让他对罗曼一见钟情，随后两人陷入了一段鲜为人知的情感纠葛。然而，因罗曼一心想要告别过去，毕业时两人分道扬镳。 两年后，他们再度重逢，爱火重燃，开启了恋爱同居的生活，日子平凡却幸福。但两人观念上的差异逐渐显现。一次海边旅行后，他们平静地结束了这段关系。 后来，在上海追逐舞蹈梦想的罗曼，与事业有成的游勇不期而遇。游勇以为自己已成为罗曼理想中的伴侣，便重新展开追求。可面对现实，爱情仿佛成了特定情境下的拼凑，他们再也找不回最初相爱的感觉……