The Assassin of the Tsar
| The Assassin of the Tsar | |
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| Directed by | Karen Shakhnazarov |
| Written by | Aleksandr Borodyansky Karen Shakhnazarov |
| Starring | Oleg Yankovsky Malcolm McDowell Armen Dzhigarkhanyan |
| Cinematography | Nikolay Nemolyaev |
| Music by | John Altman |
Production company | Mosfilm (USSR) |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Countries | Soviet Union, United Kingdom |
| Language | Russian (English) |
| Budget | £3.37 million |
The Assassin of the Tsar (Russian: Цареубийца, romanized: Tsareubiytsa) 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.