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Adrian John McDowall (born 20 January 1978) is a BAFTA award-winning Scottish filmmaker. Biography. Adrian John McDowall was born on 20 January 1978 in Dumfries, Scotland. His early years were spent growing up in Wigtown, a small town of around 1000 people in the Machars area of Wigtownshire.
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1) The tsar couldn’t drink in church TsarNicholas is shown drinking in the church during his father’s funeral. Just take a look at the historical photos of Nicholas in churches. He’s always surrounded by his suite and officials. In these circumstances, the tsar didn’t have time to drink discreetly. Additionally, taking into account his status and t...
13) The royal couple wasn’t alone in Sarov Nicholas and Alexandra are shown traveling to Sarov to pray for Alix’s fertility. The Sarov journey was timed with the beatification of Saint Seraphim of Sarov. This beatification was among Nicholas’s most impressive ideological moves, as Seraphim was greatly revered among Russians. Take a look at the phot...
32) NIcholasdidn’t finance pogroms Nicholas II didn’t financepogroms(anti-Jewish rioting and violence). Indeed, during Nicholas’s reign, the pogroms intensified, and there were many anti-Semitic people inside the Russian army and Russian police, which made suppression ofpogromsdifficult. Whether the Russian government was indeed reluctant in stoppi...
37) ‘Grand Duke Nikolasha’ is nonsense It’s obvious when Dr. de Orellana says ‘Grand Duke Nikolasha,’ it sounds like calling Queen Elizabeth II ‘Queen Lizzy,’ and we’re sorry to hear that from a historian. ‘Nikolasha’ was Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich’s family nickname, and it couldn’t be normally used with his title. 38) Alix didn’t rule the cou...
41) Dr. de Orellana describing fake events “A child is poignantly crucified by bullets on the fence near the Winter Palace,” says Dr. de Orellana, relating to us not facts, but a tale or a legend even Russians don’t know of! 42) There was no Marine Guard in Russia Nicholas II deploys a ‘Marine Guard’ to ensure his family’s security. There was no su...
44) The Imperial family wasn’t so poor When the Romanovs settle in Ipatiev house in Ekaterinburg in the series, they’re in rags. In fact, they were much more well off – when the kids were brought to Ipatiev house following their parents, they were traveling with 26 people in their suite, according to Nikolay Sokolov, the investigator of the Imperia...
Adrian McDowall is known for Willow (2022), Vigil (2021) and Fate: The Winx Saga (2021). More at IMDbPro. Contact info.
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Adrian is a double BAFTA award-winning filmmaker named on Screen International’s ‘Stars of Tomorrow’ list. He is a versatile director with over twenty years of experience in drama, documentary, comedy, and television commercials.
Adrian J. McDowall/Netflix, 2019 Grigoriy Rasputin, the infamous ‘mad monk’ and close friend of the last Russian emperor and his family, was murdered on December 17th, 1916. But is it true ...
Adrian is a double BAFTA award winning filmmaker and has been named on Screen International’s ‘Stars of Tomorrow’ list. Recent credits include: lead director of new six-part NETFLIX series ‘The...
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