The Fall of the Romanoffs is a 1917 silent American historical drama film directed by Herbert Brenon.
The film was shot in North Bergen, New Jersey, nearby Fort Lee, New Jersey, where many early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based at the beginning of the 20th century.
[7] The film takes place during the final days of Rasputin's influence on the Imperial Family shortly before the Russian Revolution.
Defrocked monk Iliodor (Trufanov), who left Russia in 1914, played himself in the film, while Nance O'Neil was cast as the czarina due to her resemblance of Empress Alexandra.
[2] To keep the film current with events in Russia, Brenon continued to edit and add footage through October 1918 to include scenes of the czar's execution and the death of the czarina.