Tsarevitch Alexei quotes from Nicholas & Alexandra (1971)

Tsar Nicholas II

So the concern is they don't understand Rasputin. You say I should do something to clear the air, sure. How about this for the announcement: "Citizens, your Tsarevitch could have a nosebleed and die from it!"

You have got to banish Rasputin, I cannot control the situation if you do not! People think he goes to bed with your wife and daughters, of all nasty rumors!

Tsar Nicholas II

The problem is if I kick out Rasputin what will happen for...

Tsaritsa Alexandra

Alexei!

Your Majesty, are you all right?

I am all right Nagorny, you caught me. You will always be there for me.

Tsar Nicholas II

In a few months, these will be turnips.

They are carrots.

And when they grow, will we still be around to eat them?

Why did you abdicate for me? You never asked!

Tsar Nicholas II

I did not want you to have to pay for my mistakes.

Am I not paying for them now? Are not we all?

[Sarejevo, Serbia. Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the Crown Prince of Austria, and his wife are riding in a motorcade waving to spectators. A man comes out of the crowd and guns them both down. Scene changes to Tsarskoe Selo. The Tsarevitch Alexei awakens screaming as it was a nightmare of his. The Tsar, Tsaritsa, and their four daughters are awakened by the screaming and run to Alexei's room to see what is the matter.]

"What is it Alexei, what is wrong?"

Tsaritsa Alexandra

"It is all right darling, we are here"

"There were royals in a car; a man shot them..."

Tsar Nicholas II

"You were dreaming about Archduke Franz Ferdinand. This is what happened..."
Tsaritsa Alexandra<interrupting him>: "Nicky, please do not tell them those horrible things."

Tsar Nicholas II

"Sunny, they are not children anymore. They have to know these things. Franz Ferdinand's assassination is bad for the royal family of Austria. It is also an unbelievable burden and sadness for the family of the assassin. You see, sometimes governments do things their people do not like. So the people react in different ways. The British vote. The Americans frequently remind their leaders they must be loyal to the U.S. Constitution. And the Serbs throw bombs. You see, Serbia wants its independence. But Austria will not grant it to them. So the Serbs resort to violence. It has happened in this country too sometimes. Your great-grandfather was killed by a bomb, so was Uncle Sergei. But Serbia is a long way away. Our foreign ministry will write some angry letters to the Serbian leaders, our generals will go on exercise and everything will be right again. And we do not need have bad dreams about archdukes. All over Europe kings and queens are sleeping safely in their beds, and that is what we are going to do too."