Assassin of the Tsar

1991, 1h 38min -

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... Show more

"Assassin of the Tsar" — movie produced in UK and Soviet Union and released in 1991. It has a good rating on IMDb: 6.8 stars out of 10. It is a feature-length film with a runtime of 1h 38min. "Assassin of the Tsar" is currently available to stream on FlixFling, FlixFling⎥Premium and Fawesome and for rent and to buy on Apple TV. Click on a playlink to watch it now!