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The Last Czars
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Last Czars actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Last Czars reads strongest on Character Depth, Emotional Weight and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The story
What it's about
When social upheaval sweeps Russia in the early 20th century, Czar Nicholas II resists change, sparking a revolution and ending a dynasty.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E06
The House of Special Purpose
- Directed by Gareth Tunley
- Written by Dana Fainaru
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Writing
- Dana FainaruWriter
- Christopher BellWriter
Direction
- Gareth TunleyDirector
- Adrian McDowallDirector
Cinematography
- Tom PridhamDirector of Photography
- Benjamin PritchardDirector of Photography
Where to watch
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