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Writer:
Charles MacArthur (screenplay)
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Release Date:
24 March 1933 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Drama | History See more »
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. See more »
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Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

John Barrymore ... Prince Paul Chegodieff

Ethel Barrymore ... Czarina Alexandra

Lionel Barrymore ... Grigori Rasputin
Ralph Morgan ... Czar Nicholas II
Diana Wynyard ... Princess Natasha
Tad Alexander ... Czarevitch Alexis 'Aloysha'
C. Henry Gordon ... Grand Duke Igor
Edward Arnold ... Dr. A. Remezov
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Clarence Wilson ... (scenes deleted)
Luis Alberni ... Photographer's Assistant (uncredited)
Mary Alden ... (uncredited)
Robert Anderson ... (uncredited)
Oscar Apfel ... (uncredited)
Henry Armetta ... Photographer (uncredited)
Hooper Atchley ... Policeman (uncredited)
Mischa Auer ... Butler Pouring Drinks at Party (uncredited)
Reginald Barlow ... General Who Underestimated the Japanese (uncredited)
Barbara Barondess ... Woman Getting Cigarette (uncredited)
Max Barwyn ... Bald Man Trying to See Duna (uncredited)
Maurice Black ... Revolutionary Soldier (uncredited)
William 'Stage' Boyd ... Comrade General (uncredited)
Francesca Braggiotti ... (uncredited)
William Burress ... (uncredited)
Robert Cain ... (uncredited)
Emile Chautard ... (uncredited)
Clay Clement ... (uncredited)
Louise Closser Hale ... Lazy Spoiled Woman (uncredited)
Richard Cramer ... Revolutionary Given Birdcage (uncredited)
Nigel De Brulier ... Priest (uncredited)

Marie Deauville ... Pianist Surrounded by all Three Barrymores at Party (uncredited)
Jean Del Val ... (uncredited)
Helen Freeman ... Hysterical Woman About to Be Shot (uncredited)
Dale Fuller ... (uncredited)

Clarence Geldart ... (uncredited)
Miriam Goldina ... (uncredited)
Ben Hall ... Boy About to Be Shot (uncredited)
Sherry Hall ... Officer Watching Celebration Mass (uncredited)
Carey Harrison ... (uncredited)
Charlotte Henry ... Girl (uncredited)
Brandon Hurst ... Staff General (uncredited)

George Irving ... (uncredited)
Isabelle Keith ... Party Girl (uncredited)
Murray Kinnell ... Prof. Kropotkin (uncredited)
Henry Kolker ... Chief of Secret Police (uncredited)
Otto Lederer ... (uncredited)
Robert Lees ... (uncredited)
Frank Leigh ... (uncredited)
Lucien Littlefield ... Reveler at Party (uncredited)
Eily Malyon ... Woman Yelling 'Blessed Among Women!' (uncredited)
Margaret Mann ... Nurse (uncredited)
Mabel Marden ... (uncredited)
Mary Marden ... (uncredited)
Eric Mayne ... Aristocrat (uncredited)
Jane Mercer ... (uncredited)
Geneva Mitchell ... (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer ... Officer Watching Celebration Mass (uncredited)
Louis Natheaux ... Rasputin's Security Official at Party (uncredited)
Dave O'Brien ... Soldier (uncredited)
Sarah Padden ... Duna - Landlady (uncredited)

Jean Parker ... Princess Maria (uncredited)
Purnell Pratt ... Officer Quieting Grand Duke Igor (uncredited)

Frank Reicher ... German-Language Teacher (uncredited)
Ruth Renick ... (uncredited)
Helen Robinson ... (uncredited)
Evelyn Selbie ... (uncredited)
Frank Shannon ... Staff General (uncredited)
C. Montague Shaw ... (uncredited)

Anne Shirley ... Princess Anastasia (uncredited)
Martha Sleeper ... Party Girl (uncredited)
Larry Steers ... (uncredited)
Gustav von Seyffertitz ... Dr. Franz Wolfe (uncredited)
Milton Wallace ... Staff General (uncredited)
Leo White ... Reveler at Party (uncredited)
Carol Wines ... (uncredited)
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Directed by
Richard Boleslawski  (as Richard Boleslavsky)
Charles Brabin (uncredited)
 
Writing credits
Charles MacArthur (screenplay)

Lenore J. Coffee  uncredited and
Ben Hecht  uncredited and
Robert E. Sherwood  uncredited

Mercedes de Acosta  uncredited

Produced by
Bernard H. Hyman .... producer (uncredited)
Irving Thalberg .... executive producer (uncredited)
 
Original Music by
Herbert Stothart 
 
Cinematography by
William H. Daniels  (as William Daniels)
 
Film Editing by
Tom Held 
 
Art Direction by
Cedric Gibbons 
Alexander Toluboff 
 
Costume Design by
Adrian (gowns)
 
Makeup Department
Cecil Holland .... makeup artist (uncredited)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Cullen Tate .... assistant director (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Douglas Shearer .... recording director
G.A. Burns .... sound (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Milton Brown .... still photographer (uncredited)
Clarence Sinclair Bull .... still photographer (uncredited)
 
Music Department
William Axt .... music adaptor: celebration music (uncredited)
Paul Marquardt .... orchestrator (uncredited)
Charles Maxwell .... orchestrator (uncredited)
 
Other crew
General Lodijensky .... cavalry trainer (uncredited)
John Peters .... cavalry trainer (uncredited)
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Runtime:
121 min (Turner library print)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
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Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Argentina:13 | UK:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #2412) (1 July 1936 for re-release)
Filming Locations:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
Company:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)See more »

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Trivia:
Annoyed that his brother John Barrymore was trying to show him up by placing his hand on him while he was finishing a scene (an ancient actor's technique for drawing attention to oneself), Lionel Barrymore excused himself from the set and went to the back lot to find a telephone. He then phoned the set and told director Richard Boleslawski that "he'd better advise Mr. John Barrymore to not place his hand on me at the close of this scene, lest I lay one on him!" By the time Lionel returned to the set, John has been advised to keep his hands to himself.See more »
Goofs:
Factual errors: Although considered to be a mystic, Rasputin was neither a monk and nor was he unmarried. He had left behind a wife and several children in his native village on the outskirts of Russia.See more »
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Soda Squirt (1933)See more »
Soundtrack:
Waltz of the FlowersSee more »

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10 out of 13 people found the following review useful.
Fun example of old Hollywood., 19 December 2000
Author: Glenn Andreiev (gandreiev@aol.com) from Huntington, NY

A true example of the assembly line style film-making of the old studios, where one doubts if the screenwriter ever visit the set, or did the director ever sit at an editing bench. Lionel Barrymore, however is a treat as the grimy, kooky Rasputin. He doesn't go for one-note scary. He's seen as a fun party animal, a believable healer, and the world's worst dinner guest. Other than that, John is wasted as the hero, as is their sister Ethel.

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