Well, I have just recieved the film in the mail... and I am rather emotionally drained after watching it. It is one of the better documentries I've seen about the IF and certainly one of the best dramatizations of the last days. The film completely recreates the Ipatiev house in minute detail (details such as the fact that the IF had to pass through the court yard to get to the murder room is left in). It also has scences in the Alexander Palace and other actual locations. Over all the mood is very dark and somber, perhaps the most I've ever seen in a Romanov film and the execution scene is almost unbearably realistic, showing the family flail about the room and the guards stabbing the GD to death. We also see the family's gruesome burial... it is very religious. Some scenes are rather odd and it seems as if the director was going for an artsy independent film, but that is my only complaint with it. I HIGHLY suggest this film to any Romanov buff, but I warn you to prepare yourselves for the more graphic scenes! The copy I have is pretty good picture wise, but rather jaring, as if segments are missing from it.
