Russia’s Lost Princesses - 2014 - 6/10
Two part documentary on the overlooked Romanovs.
Not the doomed, dim-witted Nicholas, the hysterical Alexandria, or Alexei, the bleeder.
No, OTMA, or Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia.
This gives a decent telling of the fraying Romanov dynasty, the dual cataclysms of World War I and the Russian Revolution, and the cancer that was Rasputin.
Aside from the usual talking heads, narration is supported with diary entries, photos of the girls, and home movies.
Thing is - in two hours presentation, only about 27 minute seems specific to the daughters, and their cloistered upbringing.