"Tsar Nicholas II, the inept last monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family."
Michael Jayston
as Nicholas
Janet Suzman
as Alexandra
Roderic Noble
as Alexis
Ania Marson
as Olga
Lynne Frederick
as Tatiana
Candace Glendenning
as Marie
Fiona Fullerton
as Anastasia
Harry Andrews
as Grand Duke Nicholas (Nikolasha)
Irene Worth
as The Queen Mother Marie Fedorovna
Tom Baker
as Rasputin
Jack Hawkins
as Count Fredericks
Timothy West
as Dr. Botkin
Katherine Schofield
as Tegleva
Jean-Claude Drouot
as Gilliard
John Hallam
as Nagorny
Guy Rolfe
as Dr. Fedorov
John Wood
as Col. Kobylinsky
Laurence Olivier
as Count Witte
Eric Porter
as Stolypin
Michael Redgrave
as Sazonov
Maurice Denham
as Kokovtsov
Ralph Truman
as Rodzianko
Gordon Gostelow
as Guchkov
John McEnery
as Kerensky
Michael Bryant
as Lenin
Vivian Pickles
as Mme. Krupskaya
Brian Cox
as Trotsky
James Hazeldine
as Stalin
Stephen Greif
as Martov
Steven Berkoff
as Pankratov
Ian Holm
as Yakovlev
Alan Webb
as Yurovsky
Leon Lissek
as Avadayev
David Giles
as Goloshchekin
Roy Dotrice
as General Alexeiev
Martin Potter
as Prince Yussoupov
Vernon Dobtcheff
as Dr. Lazovert
Alexander Knox
as The American Ambassador
Ralph Neville
as The British Ambassador
George Rigaud
as The French Ambassador
Richard Warwick
as Grand Duke Dmitry
Curd Jürgens
as German Consul to Switzerland
Julian Glover
as Gapon
John Shrapnel
as Petya
Diana Quick
as Sonya
John Forbes-Robertson
as Colonel Voikov
Alan Dalton
as Flautist
David Baxter
as Young Bolshevik
Penny Sugg
as Young Opera Singer
Frank Braña
as Royal Sentry at Winter Palace (uncredited)
Jeremy Brett
as (uncredited)
James Goldman
Screenplay
Robert Massie
Novel
Richard Rodney Bennett
Original Music Composer
Franklin J. Schaffner
Director
Antonio Cánovas del Castillo de Rey
Costume Design
Gus Walker
Construction Manager
John Box
Second Unit Director
George Stephenson
Sound Recordist
Vernon Dixon
Set Dresser
Anthony Powell
Gerry Humphreys
Marcus Dods
Conductor
Eddie Fowlie
Special Effects
Ernest Day
Camera Operator
Betty Adamson
Wardrobe Supervisor
John Wilson-Apperson
Edward Bond
Additional Dialogue
Property Master
Manuel Berenguer
Second Unit Director of Photography
Alan Roderick-Jones
Assistant Art Director
José López Rodero
Assistant Director
Christopher Gunning
Additional Music
Robert W. Laing
Luis Roberts
Production Supervisor
Phyllis Crocker
Continuity
Winston Ryder
Sound Editor
Ernest Archer
Production Design
Jack Maxsted
Gil Parrondo
Ernest Walter
Editor
Andrew Donally
Associate Producer
Freddie Young
Director of Photography
Neville Smallwood
Makeup Artist
Emilio Ardura
Set Decoration
Maude Spector
Casting
Yvonne Blake
Art Direction
A. G. Scott
Hairdresser
Sam Spiegel
Producer