Cast & Crew

Series Directed by

David Cunliffe
(3 episodes, 1974)
Bill Hays
(3 episodes, 1974)
Rudolph Cartier
(2 episodes, 1974)
Gareth Davies
(1 episode, 1974)
James Ferman
(1 episode, 1974)
Michael Lindsay-Hogg
(1 episode, 1974)
Donald McWhinnie
(1 episode, 1974)
David Sullivan Proudfoot
(1 episode, 1974)
Stuart Burge
(unknown episodes)

Series Writing Credits

John Elliot
(creator) (13 episodes, 1974)
John Elliot
(writer) (4 episodes, 1974)
Elizabeth Holford
(writer) (2 episodes, 1974)
Jack Pulman
(writer) (2 episodes, 1974)
Keith Dewhurst
(writer) (1 episode, 1974)
Trevor Griffiths
(writer) (1 episode, 1974)
Ken Hughes
(writer) (1 episode, 1974)
Troy Kennedy Martin
(writer) (1 episode, 1974)
Robert Muller
(writer) (1 episode, 1974)
David Turner
(writer) (1 episode, 1974)
Hugh Whitemore
(writer) (1 episode, 1974)

Series Cast

Michael Hordern
 Narrator 7 episodes, 1974
Charles Kay
 Tsar Nicholas II 7 episodes, 1974
Barry Foster
 Kaiser Wilhelm II / ... 7 episodes, 1974
Gayle Hunnicutt
 Tsarina Alexandra 6 episodes, 1974
Laurence Naismith
 Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria-Hungary 3 episodes, 1974
Patrick Stewart
 Lenin / ... 3 episodes, 1974
Lynn Farleigh
 Nadezhda Krupskaya / ... 3 episodes, 1974
Griffith Jones
 Hintze 1 episode, 1974
Curd Jürgens
 Otto von Bismarck 2 episodes, 1974
Gemma Jones
 Princess Vicky / ... 2 episodes, 1974
Maurice Denham
 Kaiser Wilhelm I 2 episodes, 1974
Bruce Purchase
 Von Plehve 2 episodes, 1974
Marius Goring
 Von Hindenburg 2 episodes, 1974
Denis Lill
 'Fritz', Prince Frederick William / ... 2 episodes, 1974
Freddie Jones
 Witte 2 episodes, 1974
Michael Bates
 Von Ludendorff 2 episodes, 1974
Tony Jay
 Tsar Alexander III 2 episodes, 1974
Peter Copley
 Bethmann-Hollweg 2 episodes, 1974
Peter Dyneley
 Prince Von Bulow / ... 2 episodes, 1974
Hugh Burden
 Protopopov 2 episodes, 1974
Robert Brown
 Uncle Serge 2 episodes, 1974
David Dodimead
 Kokovstov / ... 2 episodes, 1974
Sandra Clark
 Wally 2 episodes, 1974
David Collings
 Miliukov / ... 2 episodes, 1974
Kenneth Colley
 Father Gapon 1 episode, 1974
Eve Pearce
 Empress Dona 1 episode, 1974
Michael Kitchen
 Trotsky 1 episode, 1974
Laurence Hardy
 Prince Max 1 episode, 1974
Colin Baker
 Crown Prince (Little Willie) / ... 1 episode, 1974
John Robinson
 Muller / ... 1 episode, 1974
Geoffrey Toone
 Groener 1 episode, 1974
Erik Chitty
 Hertling 1 episode, 1974
Peter Schofield
 Ebert 1 episode, 1974
Kevin Brennan
 Bentinck / ... 1 episode, 1974
Jon Croft
 Sergeant 1 episode, 1974
Pamela Brown
 Archduchess Sophia 1 episode, 1974
Michael Bryant
 Ratchkowsky 1 episode, 1974
Rachel Gurney
 'Sisi', Empress Elisabeth of Austria 1 episode, 1974
Miles Anderson
 Young Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary 1 episode, 1974
Charles Gray
 Rodzianko 1 episode, 1974
Diane Keen
 Young 'Sisi', Empress Elisabeth of Austria 1 episode, 1974
Emrys James
 Count Taaffe 1 episode, 1974
Nora Swinburne
 Katharina Schratt 1 episode, 1974
Peter Woodthorpe
 Archduke Franz-Ferdinand 1 episode, 1974
Sandor Elès
 Count Andrassy 1 episode, 1974
Anthony Newlands
 Philip of Coburg 1 episode, 1974
John Phillips
 Grand Duke Nicholas 1 episode, 1974
Peter Vaughan
 Isvolsky 1 episode, 1974
Nigel Stock
 General Alexeiev 1 episode, 1974
T.P. McKenna
 Count Conrad von Hotzendorf 1 episode, 1974
James Cossins
 Count Josl Hoyos 1 episode, 1974
David Swift
 Trepov 1 episode, 1974
Basil Henson
 Von Molkte 1 episode, 1974
Ann Penfold
 Hélène 1 episode, 1974
Edward Wilson
 Martov 1 episode, 1974
Derek Francis
 Edward VII 1 episode, 1974
Frederick Jaeger
 Holstein 1 episode, 1974
Geoffrey Chater
 Charles 1 episode, 1974
Donald Gee
 Count Majlath 1 episode, 1974
Michael McStay
 Count Montenuovo 1 episode, 1974
John Stratton
 Hesse 1 episode, 1974
Frank Wylie
 Police Commissar Gorup 1 episode, 1974
Jan Francis
 Kschessinska 1 episode, 1974
John Bennett
 Georges Clemenceau 1 episode, 1974
Michael Aldridge
 Rasputin 1 episode, 1974
Roger Hammond
 Albrecht 1 episode, 1974
John Turner
 Prince Mirsky 1 episode, 1974
Susan Tracy
 Crown Princess Stephanie of Austria 1 episode, 1974
Mary Wimbush
 Zasulich 1 episode, 1974
Neville Barber
 Count Paar 1 episode, 1974
Kathleen Michael
 Hildegarde 1 episode, 1974
Paul Eddington
 Plekhanov 1 episode, 1974
Ursula Howells
 Empress Maria Fyodorovna 1 episode, 1974
Frank Mills
 A.F. Trepov 1 episode, 1974
John Moffatt
 Aehrenthal 1 episode, 1974
Irene Hamilton
 Baroness Vetsera 1 episode, 1974
Perlita Neilson
 Queen Victoria 1 episode, 1974
Victor Winding
 Azeff 1 episode, 1974
John Barcroft
 Eulenberg 1 episode, 1974
Noel Fredricks
 Aide to Franz Josef 1 episode, 1974
Michael Gough
 Helphand 1 episode, 1974
Frank Thornton
 Prince Albert 1 episode, 1974
Rosalie Crutchley
 Michen, the Grand Duchess Vladimir 1 episode, 1974
Frank Middlemass
 Stolypin 1 episode, 1974
John Welsh
 Archbishop 1 episode, 1974
George Merritt
 Ketterl 1 episode, 1974
Rosamund Greenwood
 Fraulein Von Ferenczy 1 episode, 1974
David McKail
 Mackenzie 1 episode, 1974
Peter Pratt
 Singer 1 episode, 1974
Peter Weston
 Baumann 1 episode, 1974
Tom Conti
 Glazkov 1 episode, 1974
Andrew Keir
 Wickham Steed 1 episode, 1974
Bob Keegan
 Fullon 1 episode, 1974
Rio Fanning
 Petitioner 1 episode, 1974
Robert Tayman
 First Adjutant 1 episode, 1974
Ann Castle
 Ella, the Grand Duchess Serge 1 episode, 1974
Kenneth Benda
 Professor Widerhoffer 1 episode, 1974
Anthony Roye
 Dr. Martin 1 episode, 1974
David Freedman
 Lieber 1 episode, 1974
Miriam Margolyes
 Anna Vyrubova 1 episode, 1974
Isla Blair
 Grand Duchess Ella 1 episode, 1974
Jim Norton
 Kerensky 1 episode, 1974
Antony Carrick
 Dr. Wegner 1 episode, 1974
Arnold Peters
 Clerk 1 episode, 1974
Michael Golden
 Putilov 1 episode, 1974
Carleton Hobbs
 Abbot Grünböck 1 episode, 1974
Julian Fox
 Tupuridze 1 episode, 1974
Ian Ricketts
 Second Adjutant 1 episode, 1974
Valerie Phillips
 Augusta 'Dona' of Schleswig-Holstein 1 episode, 1974
Michael Sheard
 Losehek 1 episode, 1974
Malcolm Terris
 Bronsky 1 episode, 1974
Shirley Dixon
 Mme Isvolsky 1 episode, 1974
Roy Sampson
 Danilov 1 episode, 1974
Noel Davis
 Austrian Ambassador 1 episode, 1974
Frederick Alexander
 Tsarevich Alexis 1 episode, 1974
Michael Cotterill
 Valet de Chambre 1 episode, 1974
Raymond Witch
 Martinov 1 episode, 1974
Patrick Durkin
 Bratfisch 1 episode, 1974
Brian Hawksley
 Sir Arthur Nicholson 1 episode, 1974
Tom Criddle
 Sir Edward Grey 1 episode, 1974
John Nightingale
 Cousin Serge 1 episode, 1974
Mike Elles
 Bertie 1 episode, 1974
Peter Jolley
 Tsar Nicholas's Aide 1 episode, 1974
Pippa Vickers
 Grand Duchess Anastasia 1 episode, 1974
Svandis Jons
 Alexandrovna 1 episode, 1974
Vernon Dobtcheff
 Count Stookau 1 episode, 1974
Ed Devereaux
 Purtales 1 episode, 1974
James Mellor
 Kourapatkin 1 episode, 1974
Robert O'Mahoney
 Krasikov 1 episode, 1974
Desmond Cullum-Jones
 Police Sergeant 1 episode, 1974
Howard Rawlinson
 Constantin 1 episode, 1974
Alix Crista
 Mounia 1 episode, 1974
Roy McArthur
 Archduke Karl 1 episode, 1974
Adam Cunliffe
 Young Willy 1 episode, 1974
Esmond Knight
 General Ruzski 1 episode, 1974
Heather Page
 Archduchess Zita 1 episode, 1974
John Quarmby
 Lamsdorf 1 episode, 1974
David Neal
 Baltazzi 1 episode, 1974
Anthony Collin
 Manus 1 episode, 1974
Haydn Wood
 Officer 1 episode, 1974
John Beardmore
 Police Inspector 1 episode, 1974
Mavis Edwards
 Queen Victoria 1 episode, 1974
Kevin Stoney
 Father John 1 episode, 1974
Olaf Pooley
 Police President Baron Krauss 1 episode, 1974
Barbara Keogh
 Vara 1 episode, 1974
Paul Haley
 Medal Sergeant 1 episode, 1974
Clyde Pollitt
 Kottwitz 1 episode, 1974
Alan Hockey
 Doctor 1 episode, 1974
Alan Cullen
 Admiral Von Hotzendorf 1 episode, 1974
Peter Whitaker
 Secretary 1 episode, 1974
Leon Lissek
 Police Agent Bayer 1 episode, 1974
Basil Clarke
 Voeykov 1 episode, 1974
Martha Nairn
 Grand Duchess Olga 1 episode, 1974
Glynne Thomas
 Spokesman 1 episode, 1974
Denzil Ellis
 Wahl 1 episode, 1974
Melanie Peck
 Maid 1 episode, 1974
Hetty Baynes
 Grand Duchess Tatiana 1 episode, 1974
Jay Neill
 Heller 1 episode, 1974
John Herrington
 Stationmaster 1 episode, 1974
Eileen Helsby
 Mother 1 episode, 1974
John Sanderson
 Young Nicholas 1 episode, 1974
Ronald Govey
 Chkheidze 1 episode, 1974
Prue Clarke
 Grand Duchess Maria 1 episode, 1974
John Rae
 Prince Lvov 1 episode, 1974
Roger Nott
 Secretary 1 episode, 1974
Leila Hart
 Singer 1 episode, 1974
Tom Kempinski
 Bolshevik Soldier 1 episode, 1974
John Surman
 Secretary 1 episode, 1974
John Rhys-Davies
 Zinoviev 1 episode, 1974
Sharon Terry
 Young Tatiana 1 episode, 1974
John Rees
 Officer of Russian Army 1 episode, 1974
Leonard Fenton
 Mirkov 1 episode, 1974
Eric Carte
 Aide to Kaiser Wilhelm 1 episode, 1974
Colin Jeavons
 Printer 1 episode, 1974
Isabelle Stanton
 Socialist Émigré 1 episode, 1974
Ann Zelda
 Helphand's Secretary 1 episode, 1974
Charles Rayford
 Nobleman / ... (uncredited) 2 episodes, 1974
Juba Kennerley
 Hapsburg Advisor (uncredited) 1 episode, 1974
Cy Town
 Nobleman (uncredited) 1 episode, 1974

Series Produced by

Stuart Burge
producer (13 episodes, 1974)

Series Cinematography by

Peter Sargent
(2 episodes, 1974)
A.A. Englander
(unknown episodes)

Series Editing by

Chris Wimble
(3 episodes, 1974)
Peter Evans
(unknown episodes)
Sheila S. Tomlinson
(unknown episodes)

Series Production Design by

Chris Pemsel
(4 episodes, 1974)
Allan Anson
(3 episodes, 1974)
Moira Tait
(3 episodes, 1974)
Peter Brachaki
(1 episode, 1974)
Peter Kindred
(1 episode, 1974)
Fanny Taylor
(1 episode, 1974)

Series Costume Design by

Penny Lowe
(13 episodes, 1974)
Robin Fraser-Paye
(8 episodes, 1974)
Daphne Dare
(1 episode, 1974)

Series Makeup Department

Maureen Winslade
makeup artist (2 episodes, 1974)
Magdalen Gaffney
makeup artist (1 episode, 1974)
Pauline Gyertson
makeup artist (unknown episodes)
Veyatie MacLeod
makeup artist (unknown episodes)
Jill Shardlow
makeup artist (unknown episodes)

Series Production Management

Sheelagh Rees
unit production manager (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department

Sarah Griggs
graphic artist (13 episodes, 1974)
Eddie Newstead
graphic artist (unknown episodes)
Jennifer Wade
graphic artist (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department

Bill Wild
film recordist / sound (2 episodes, 1974)
Derek Miller-Timmins
sound: studio (1 episode, 1974)
Clive Derbyshire
sound assistant (unknown episodes)
Alan Edmonds
sound (unknown episodes)
Ron Edmonds
sound (unknown episodes)
Terry Elms
sound assistant (unknown episodes)
Brian Hiles
sound (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department

Howard King
studio lighting (2 episodes, 1974)
Sam Barclay
studio lighting (1 episode, 1974)
Peter Sargent
film cameraman (1 episode, 1974)
Bill Walker
camera operator: rostrum camera (unknown episodes)
John Walker
assistant camera (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department

Lesley Hallam
set costumer (13 episodes, 1974)
Colin Lavers
costume assistant (13 episodes, 1974)
Penny Lowe
costumes: uniforms (13 episodes, 1974)
Maggie Partington-Smith
costume assistant (13 episodes, 1974)
Janice Pullen
set costumer (13 episodes, 1974)
Robin Stubbs
costume assistant (13 episodes, 1974)
Neil Sweetmore
set costumer (13 episodes, 1974)
Spindlove Tessa
costume assistant (13 episodes, 1974)

Series Editorial Department

Alan Bradley
assistant editor (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department

Kenneth Platts
composer: incidental music (2 episodes, 1974)

Series Additional Crew

Prudence Fitzgerald
programme coordinator (3 episodes, 1974)
Adrian Dobinson
graphics sequences (1 episode, 1974)
Richard Markell
graphics sequences (1 episode, 1974)
Michael Bartley
production assistant (unknown episodes)
Ann Faggetter
production assistant (unknown episodes)
Bill Meekums
film recordist (unknown episodes)
Jennifer Osborn
researcher (unknown episodes)
Bill Wild
film recordist (unknown episodes)
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