Now playing: Season 1, Episode 1 — The Chosen One
When social upheaval sweeps Russia in the early 20th century, Czar Nicholas II resists change, sparking a revolution and ending a dynasty.
1. The Chosen One
2019-07-03
Czar Nicholas II takes the Russian throne in 1894 and rejects modern ideas to embrace a pure autocracy. Tragedy marks his coronation day.
2. The Boy
2019-07-03
Russia’s disastrous war against Japan prompts civil unrest. Prince Alexei is diagnosed with hemophilia, and Siberian mystic Rasputin steps in.
3. Anarchy
2019-07-03
Rasputin’s influence grows. The Romanovs retreat into a bubble of luxury while the czar's forces brutally suppress protests by a starving populace.
4. War
2019-07-03
World War I takes Nicholas to the front. Back home, outrage grows over high casualties and Alexandra and Rasputin’s political intrigues.
5. Revolution
2019-07-03
Rasputin is gone, but Nicholas continues his catastrophic policies in war and at home. Deprivation pushes the population from unrest to revolution.
6. The House of Special Purpose
2019-07-03
The czar abdicates, and civil war erupts. As pro-royalist forces close in on the house where the Romanovs are imprisoned, the family's fate is sealed.
Robert Jack
Nicky
Oliver Dimsdale
Pierre
Samuel Collings
Sandro
Ben Cartwright
Rasputin
Elsie Bennett
Ella
Susanna Herbert
Alix
Michelle Bonnard
Praskovya
