Tercentenary of the Romanov Dynasty's Accession

1913 History Directed by Nikolai Larin

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About Tercentenary of the Romanov Dynasty's Accession

Forty-seven episodes walk through the Romanov house. Mikhail Chekhov plays the first tsar, Mikhail Fyodorovich. Lydia Sycheva plays the nun Marfa, Nikolai Vasilyev plays Filaret, and Pyotr Baksheyev plays Prince Pozharsky. Later episodes stage the unveiling of the Alexander III monument in St. Petersburg and the 1912 Moscow celebration of the centenary of 1812.

Cast & crew

More about Tercentenary of the Romanov Dynasty's Accession

Aleksandr Uralsky and Nikolai Larin directed. Evgeny Ivanov wrote the scenario. Nikolai Kozlovsky was the cameraman. A Commons description of the full version names Evgeny Bauer as designer and dates the premiere 16 February 1913. The Russian title is Трёхсотлетие царствования дома Романовых. An alternate title is Трёхсотлетие царствующего дома Романовых.

Themes

  • The 1613 election staged for 1913
  • Forty-seven Romanov episodes
  • A jubilee picture
  • Romanov
  • Mikhail Fyodorovich
  • Pozharsky
  • Marfa
  • tercentenary
  • 1913

Background

1913 was the official tercentenary of the Romanov accession of 1613. The last staged episode on the Russian Wikipedia list is the 1912 Moscow celebration of the war of 1812.

Making

The picture was made for the 1913 tercentenary by Drankov’s trading house, with Bauer credited as designer on the circulating full-version copy.

Look

Nikolai Kozlovsky is credited as cameraman.

Music

Silent.

Preservation

A full version circulates, including a Commons file described as the complete picture.

Notes

  • Mikhail Chekhov, later a famous acting teacher, plays Tsar Mikhail Fyodorovich.
  • Nikolai Larin, one of the directors, also plays the boyar Golitsyn. Sergei Tarasov plays the boyar Sheremetev. Vladimir Popov plays Alexei Mikhailovich. Evgeny Ivanov plays Avraamy Palitsyn.
  • Russian Wikipedia lists 47 episodes, each tied to a Romanov event.
  • The producers named on the Russian page are Aleksandr Drankov and Alexei Taldykin.

Scenes

  • Chekhov appears as Mikhail Fyodorovich, with Sycheva as the nun Marfa and Baksheyev as Pozharsky.
  • A late episode stages the unveiling of the Alexander III monument in St. Petersburg.

Also available

  • Wikimedia Commons (Трёхсотлетие царствующего Дома Романовых.1913 (кроп, звук, полная версия).webm)