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title: 'The Assassin of the Tsar (1991)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Karen Shakhnazarov'
released: '1991-05-01'
runtime_minutes: 98
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Mystery'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-assassin-of-the-tsar-1991'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103135/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Assassin of the Tsar (1991)

1991 · 98 min · Drama, Mystery, History · Soviet Union, United Kingdom

Original title: Цареубийца

## Synopsis

The Assassin of the Tsar is a 1991 Soviet historical drama film, starring Malcolm McDowell and Oleg Yankovsky. It was entered into the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.
There are two versions. One is filmed in English which later was dubbed over the Russian actors, and one in Russian. Malcolm McDowell pretended to speak Russian in the other version and was later dubbed.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Karen Shakhnazarov](https://cinepixo.com/people/karen-shakhnazarov)
- **Screenplay:** [Karen Shakhnazarov](https://cinepixo.com/people/karen-shakhnazarov), [Alexander Borodyansky](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-borodyansky)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Vladislav Shoot](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladislav-shoot)
- **Director of Photography:** [Nikolai Nemolyaev](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolai-nemolyaev)

## Cast

- [Armen Dzhigarkhanyan](https://cinepixo.com/people/armen-dzhigarkhanyan)
- [Malcolm McDowell](https://cinepixo.com/people/malcolm-mcdowell)
- [Oleg Yankovsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/oleg-yankovsky)
- [Olga Antonova](https://cinepixo.com/people/olga-antonova)

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