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)

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。

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.

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

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

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.

1918 年，美国卷入第一次世界大战的高峰期 - 自由债券被出售，德国移民被怀疑为叛徒或破坏者，各地的年轻人屈服于爱国主义和宣传并入伍。 在得克萨斯州的一个小镇上，霍勒斯·罗贝多感受到了压力 - 他不想离开他年轻的妻子伊丽莎白和他们年幼的孩子珍妮 - 但伊丽莎白什么都做不好的弟弟却不断地谈论战争，并且 伊丽莎白严厉的父亲最初反对这桩婚姻，现在计划照顾他的女儿和孩子，以便霍勒斯能够为他的国家而战。 但席卷全城（乃至全国）的流感疫情可能会改变每个人的计划。

第一次世界大战波及了整个欧洲。当沙皇俄国的王朝结束时，芬兰于1917年12月6日宣布独立。在1918年1月，代表苏维埃的红军开始与芬兰政府的白军进行对抗。小范围的武装冲突逐渐演变为全国战争，白军对抗红军，兄弟对抗兄弟。白军的指挥官是原沙皇的将军，而德国人也站在了白军这一边。这场由内战演变的国家分裂战造成了35000人受害，其中大多是红军。 　　上尉卡尔·范·蒙克从前线回到家中，正打算与未婚妻玛利亚结婚，就被上级派去与苏联接壤的边境。来到了边境小镇的卡尔看到了这里的景象：随意穿行边境的居民，散漫又没有文化的当地军官，同样遭受战争影响的儿童。他决心改变这些。小镇女教师琳多被卡尔邀请到军营教授军官写字，但她拒绝了。当地居民在边境上的随意往来，令卡尔强烈的国际边境观念饱受冲击，他因此建立起一系列的强制措施，包括架起横栏、粉刷桥梁并制作通行证等。小镇居民不得以只能从桥边的小溪穿行而过。随着谣言说苏俄要处死沙皇时期的贵族及中产阶级，大批的有钱人举家迁往芬兰。他们全部拥堵在边境线上。上尉请示了上级，决定只有会说芬兰语的人才能通过。于是，一个单词决定了许多人一生的命运，母女被迫分散、恋人被迫分离…上级探索性的方法被女教师琳多所指责。于是，卡尔亲自审查每个申请入境的人员，并由琳多处理文案事宜。但苏俄混乱的局面，使得难民越来越多。卡尔不得不找到苏俄边境的少校，要求他管理好自己的边境。卡尔与琳多的感情也在一天天地加深。琳多找来了医生治好了自己的红军男朋友，这令他更不感面对上尉的感情。就在两人感情进入停滞不前的状态时，卡尔手下暴虐十分的少尉枪杀了琳多的哥哥，一度使得琳多和上尉关系紧张。一天夜里，卡尔决定去找琳多表白，而躲在屋子里的琳多的男友却袭击了卡尔，这使得琳多逃亡苏俄。 　　没有琳多的生活又变得平静了。芬兰将军带领一名德国军官来边境巡视。并提升卡尔为少校。随着上一次与苏俄少校会晤后，卡尔与他渐渐成为了忘年交。每当他心情不好的时候就会走过边境，去与敌军将领喝杯威士忌，抽根雪茄，并下盘国际象棋。一夜，琳多与男友试图穿越边境，而被卡尔拘捕。琳多又回到了卡尔的生活中。与此同时，苏俄少校叛逃过来芬兰，却被上级指示，用他与苏俄交换四名战俘。卡尔目睹了好友，在交换完成后于边境上被枪杀。失去了爱人、朋友的卡尔，在动荡的年代里苦苦的挣扎，他又想到了琳多。琳多策划了一起越狱，包括她在内，很多人被射杀，而琳多的男友却成功逃脱。战争结束了，满誉而归的卡尔在一次宴会上遇到了已经化身为商人的琳多男友。两个男人没有握手，因为眼神里早已包含了太多的东西。 　　该片是芬兰少有的大制作。影片从独立卫战的角度出发，以边境小镇这一风口浪尖的地方作为展开点，向观众讲述，在这特殊的历史环境下，无论是当地居民、双方军官、抑或是身处敌我双方的恋人，他们都在这里表达着自己的善与恶。战争带来的只有摧残，所有人都是受害者。

《末代皇朝》紀錄片的主持人大衛•亞當斯將橫越歐亞兩洲，追尋昔日歐洲戰士所建立的皇朝及現今遺留的痕跡。 這些國王為了家族創造了龐大的帝國，但最終因皇室内宮爭權奪利而瓦解。在真正的「權力的遊戲」中，匈奴王阿提拉和帖木兒大帝;英格蘭國王埃德加一世，和查理曼大帝的皇朝均因內鬥而無法延續下去。紀錄片製作團隊會使用科學鑑證分析關鍵事件，讓紀錄片的內容更忠於歷史，並通過無人機的拍攝和電腦成像技術說明每個故事當中奧妙之處。與此同時亦會追查誰是兇手，謀殺了英格蘭國王埃德加的長子。另外，主持人也會遠赴亞洲，探討為何帖木兒這樣才智過人能摧毀城市，並以敵人之頭骨建造塔樓的戰略家，竟沒任何計劃選定繼任人？ 在這歐亞歷史之旅，主持人大衛•亞當更將宏偉傳奇的撒馬爾罕清真寺、中世紀英國城堡的考古發掘、君士坦丁堡的古城牆、以及參加烏茲別克的傳統馬背叼羊錦標賽一一呈現觀眾眼前。 　　In End of Empire Presenter David Adams crosses Europe and Asia as he investigates the warrior kings who created vast empires only for their families to later dismember the empire as they fight over the spoils. In a real “Game of Thrones” the dysfunctional families of Attila the Hun; Timur (Tamerlane the Great); Edgar, King of the English and Charlemagne manage to lose it all. CSI meets history as we analyse key events using forensic analysis and illustrate each story via drones and striking CGI images in a unique “virtual room”. We investigate the mystery of who murdered Edgar’s eldest son, the rightful King of England? How could a brilliant strategist like Tamerlane destroy cities, building towers of skulls of slain enemies, but not leave behind a proper succession plan? In telling the course of his travels through Europe and Asia David takes the audience from the magnificent mosques of legendary Samarkand to archaeological digs at medieval English castles, the ancient walls of Constantinople and joins in a traditional horseback buzkashi tournament in Uzbekistan.

十月革命胜利后，新兴的苏维埃政权受到各方敌人的武装干涉。英、日、土耳其等国利用俄国地主、富农阶级扼杀苏维埃政权的本性，在粮食问题上大做文章。同时，国内的白俄势力用能想到的所有手段剌杀列宁，打入敌人内部的马特维耶夫将敌人刺杀列宁的消息转告瓦西里，但由于布哈林的阻挠，列宁还是在工厂演讲结束后，被女特务卡普兰枪击伤害。此时，严重的饥荒笼罩着新生的苏维埃俄国，而俄国的人民则担心着自己受伤的领袖。高尔基来到列宁的床前，他为不久前自己与列宁讨论是否对敌人要仁慈的问题...