Tens of thousands of people believe they are descendants of a Russian royal family executed by Bolsheviks in 1918. “Mad Men” creator Matthew Weiner chronicles a handful of those would-be heirs in Amazon’s “The Romanoffs.”
“The Romanoffs,” spelled differently from the original Romanovs to suggest the unreliability of many lineage claims, spreads across three continents and seven countries in eight visually and musically sumptuous films that last up to 90 minutes, each with a different cast, storyline and tone. The first two episodes are streaming now; the others will be released weekly, on Fridays.
First up: “The Violet Hour,” a tale of aging, immigration, inheritance and a Faberge egg set in a grand but fading Paris apartment, and “The Royal We,” which focuses on a bored American couple and the allure and risk of exciting temptations.
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