For those who haven’t seen this, in the next scene, it’s revealed that he had an accomplice across the plaza that was shooting at the bell with a rifle. The gunman timed his shots when Anastasia pulled the rope.
@@charmedep4722 That's the story. That it was his wife who shot a BB gun at the bells. But the story has been debunked as an anecdote and nothing more.
I wonder if this really happened or was it creative suggestion to do this scene? Cause of the audio and physical books on the Romanov’s I read they mention NOTHING about Houdini entertaining the Romanovs.
@@jennifermoriarty2188 It is not. Houdini toured Russia in 1903 and Rasputin did not meet the Russian Royal Family until 1905. Regardless, it's a nice little anecdote.
Sadly this never happened as yes Houdini did tour Russia in 1903 and met the royal family Rasputin was not present as he did not actually meet the royal family until 1905, I've not seen any record of the bells being ringing by Houdini though I do believe he did perform for the royal family.
It does make sense because Alexi wasn’t born until 1904 and Rasputin didn’t arrive until say about 1906 , 1907 because Alexi who hemophilia Suffered a violent attack and almost died from it and reportedly Rasputin powers saved his life
Scene of stomach punch is totally impossible ... Grigory Rasputin was a beast able to Kill everybody in a single hit.......( he perforate an one inch thick birch table with his hand..open.hand ...the biggest hand of human history....2 inch longer MARK FELIX hands)
The scene from the movie is incomplete here, but in the full scene: 1. Houdini was in Russia from May and summer of 1903 (and it's snowing in the film), and the royal family was in Moscow on March 29-April 16, 1903 (came for Easter). 2. Anastasia was only 2 years old in 1903, and Alexey was not born at all, he was born already when the Russian-Japanese war was going on (August 1904), and he visited Moscow for the first time only in 1912. Rasputin met the tsar for the first time only in 1905. 3. The interior of the room is poor for the Kremlin Palace and does not even look like a boudoir, in addition, there are no apartments on this (eastern) side of the palace, there is a huge St. George's Hall (outside it is the 2nd and 3rd floors) with windows in two rows and Houdini looks out of the window of the upper row (that is, hanging in the hall in the air). The view from the window of the palace was taken from another point, possibly from the cathedral. 4. The Emperor says that the bells have not rung for a hundred years, but they rang beautifully 7 years ago during his coronation in 1896, as well as the coronation of 1883. They generally called always and without interruption. 5. The trick with the "wish" could be exposed right on the spot if family members asked each other which of them made this wish. 6. Nicholas crosses himself with all his fingers :-) (instead of three as Orthodox) 6. There was never any huge building from which Houdini's assistant allegedly shot at this place. And- the cherry on the cake (more precisely, watermelon on the cake) An assistant shakes a bell weighing 65 tons (this is a German Tiger II tank) with a rifle shot :-)
@@bryanlemmens68 Sorry, buddy, but this story is completely incorrect. I would have believed it more if his assistant had climbed the bell tower with a gramophone and turned on the bell ringing on it 🙂 PS. 7.The bells on such bell towers have never been hung on ropes 🙂
@DDD Denn that doesn't matter its still a good story and fun to watch so why ruin it? Its like telling a 5 year old Santa doesn't exist. Yeah we all know it but we pretend for the kids
@@bryanlemmens68 Hmmm, but this is not a movie for kids, they f♀♂k in bed. So we just have to expose stupid fiction. In my opinion, a feature film, if it is tied to a specific person or event, should firmly rely on facts and allow fiction only in private, unknown moments. Example: in a film about Galileo, it is permissible to insert "his" famous phrase, which he apparently did not say, but it is absurd to show that he thought the planet Earth is square. It is better to explain to adults that there is no Santa.
That was Tsarina Alexandra and she says: “I’m afraid you will never be able to grant their wish Houdini. One of us wishes you would make the Kremlin bells ring again.”
Houdini really did tour Russia, and he performed for the Russian Royal family in 1903, but the time in which this specific scene was set is fudged; Alexei wasn't born until 1904, and Rasputin didn't meet the family until 1905. At the time he really performed for them, Olga and Tatiana were 8 and 7, Maria age 4, and Anastasia age 2, while in this, they appear to be in their pre-early-mid-teens; this was most likely done for entertainment purposes. Whether he actually made the Kremlin bells ring again, can't be said, but Houdini really did meet the last Imperial family of Romanov Russia. True or not about the Kremlin bells, it's a nice little nod to Houdini, and the history and mystique of his larger-than-life persona, and shows just how far his fame reached.
@@lauriesmith4575 Thank you very much for the explanation, I also thought that this part of the "history" was "invented" for entertainment purposes in the series (which turned out great) and I see that you understand this subject well, you are probably a history teacher, correct???
@@marcterstegen1990 Welcome. ☺️ Not a history teacher, though I was always told I should be. Just a little actress fascinated by the last Romanovs and old vaudeville. Thank you for the compliment though, and glad I could help.
