Editing Nicholas and Alexandra (section)

{{Short description|1971 biographical film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Nicholas and Alexandra
| image          = Nicholas and alexandra.jpg
| alt            =
| caption        = Original theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Franklin J. Schaffner]]
| producer       = [[Sam Spiegel]]
| screenplay     = [[James Goldman]]
| based_on       = {{based on|''[[Nicholas and Alexandra (book)|Nicholas and Alexandra]]''<br>1967 book|[[Robert K. Massie]]}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Michael Jayston]]
* [[Janet Suzman]]
* [[Laurence Olivier]]
* [[Tom Baker]]
* [[Harry Andrews]]
* [[Irene Worth]]
* [[Jack Hawkins]]}}
| music          = [[Richard Rodney Bennett]]
| cinematography = [[Freddie Young]]
| editing        = Ernest Walter
| studio         = [[Horizon Pictures]]
| distributor    = [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]]-[[Warner Bros.|Warner Distributors]]<ref name="bbfc" />
| released       = 29 November 1971 (Royal Command Performance)<br>{{Film date|1971|12|13|df=y}}
| runtime        = 188 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 188:33--><ref name="bbfc">{{cite web | url=http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/nicholas-and-alexandra-1970-1 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007172850/http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/nicholas-and-alexandra-1970-1 | url-status=dead | archive-date=7 October 2016 | title=''NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA'' (A) | work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date=19 October 1971 | access-date=22 February 2016}}</ref>
| country        = United Kingdom
| language       = English<br>French<br>German<br>Russian
| budget         = ~$9 million<ref name="tcm">[https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/343/nicholas-and-alexandra#notes Nicholas and Alexandra, Notes.] ''[[Turner Classic Movies|TCM]]''. Retrieved May 20, 2018.</ref>
| gross          = $7 million <small>(rentals)</small><ref>"All-time Film Rental Champs", ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', 7 January 1976, pg 44.</ref>
}}
'''''Nicholas and Alexandra''''' is a 1971 British [[epic film|epic]] [[historical drama]] film directed by [[Franklin J. Schaffner]], from a screenplay by [[James Goldman]] and [[Edward Bond]] based on [[Robert K. Massie]]'s 1967 [[Nicholas and Alexandra (book)|book of the same name]]. It tells the story of the last ruling Russian monarch, Tsar [[Nicholas II of Russia]] ([[Michael Jayston]]), and his wife, Tsarina [[Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)|Alexandra]] ([[Janet Suzman]]), from 1904 until their deaths in 1918. The [[ensemble cast]] includes [[Tom Baker]] as [[Grigori Rasputin]], [[Laurence Olivier]] as [[Sergei Witte]], [[Brian Cox (actor)|Brian Cox]] as [[Leon Trotsky]], [[Ian Holm]] as [[Vasily Yakovlev]], [[Vivian Pickles]] as [[Nadezhda Krupskaya]], and [[Irene Worth]] as [[Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)|The Queen Mother Marie Fedorovna]].

The film was theatrically released on 13 December 1971 by [[Columbia Pictures]] to mixed reviews and commercial failure, grossing $7 million on a $9 million budget. Regardless, the film received six nominations at the [[44th Academy Awards]], including for [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] and [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] (Suzman), and won two: [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]] and [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]].<ref name="NY Times">{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/35163/Nicholas-and-Alexandra/awards |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305125141/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/35163/Nicholas-and-Alexandra/awards |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-03-05 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2009 |title=NY Times: Nicholas and Alexandra |access-date=2008-12-28}}</ref>