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The Tsarina

posted 16 years ago by Birugirl
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Who likes the actress potraying her in this? I didn't like her because she (or the film makers) makes the Tsarina like a bully here.

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[–] Birugirl 16 years ago

What were their lies? Please list them here for me, thanks in advance!

[–] bittermilk2 16 years ago

Birugirl if you have no idea of how many things about that Alix where wrong, there's no point of listing them for you here, really. I suggest you take a look at some books on the argument, or some specialised sites/fora and then if you have any questions we could try to help you.

The portrait of the last empress is extremely inaccurate to me. Although maybe it was the way the lost prince could have perceived her, if that was the intention of the director. Could be.

[–] Molly-31 14 years ago

If you want to know what the Tsaritsa was like, read Nicholas and Alexandra.

Let's just say that God doesn't believe in me.

[–] ceebeegee 13 years ago

Well. Nicholas and Alexandra is an [u]extremely[/u] favorable portrayal of the Tsar and Tsaritsa, informed by Massie's natural sympathy for them as someone who was also the the parent of a child with hemophilia. It's a wonderful, fascinating book but it certainly does paint the best of all possible portraits of the two of them and leaves out any mention of their less attractive traits and actions.

The Tsar and Tsaritsa, IMO, were incredible parents and perfect spouses to each other--but not very good as the heads of a sprawling, chaotic empire. Nicholas was too ill-prepared by his father to reign effectively, and too complacent to see the changes that were coming to Europe. And Alix was FAR too defensive to be a good empress.

[–] Molly-31 13 years ago

Actually, Nicholas & Alexandra gave me an impression very much like your second paragraph. I saw him as too overshadowed by his dad and her as way too shy.

You want sausage? I've got sausage, too.

[–] angelofvic 13 years ago

She was a bully, and deluded and controlled by Rasputin.

If you want an unbiased picture of her watch the great miniseries Edward the King (fka Edward the Seventh).
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