100 seconds-long six-scene footage consisting of selected coronation ceremonies of the Russian Tsar (Emperor) Nicholas II. Shows distinguished guests entering a carriage, parade of troops and carriages, Nicholas II and his wife empress Alexandra Feodorovna descending the Kremlin Red Staircase, procession of the newly crowned Emperor and his wife under the baldacchino, guests from the Asian parts of the Russian Empire.
Cinematography
Hypnotic 1896 camera placement—watching them watching us.
Director
Camille Cerf
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This premiered in Paris alongside early Lumière shorts—audiences saw fake train arrivals AND real imperial hubris same night.
Nicholas's cousin George V watched similar footage of himself; their interchangeable beards and uniforms haunt the 'who's the last king standing' tragedy.
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