Details the life of the Russian monk Rasputin. The film shows his rise to power and how it corrupted him. His sexual perversions and madness ultimatly leads to his gruesome assasination.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Aleksey Petrenko | ... | Grigori Rasputin | |
| Anatoliy Romashin | ... | Nicholas II | |
| Velta Line | ... | Aleksandra Fyodorovna | |
| Alisa Freyndlikh | ... | Vyrubova | |
| Aleksandr Romantsov | ... | Yusupov (as A. Romantsov) | |
| Yuriy Katin-Yartsev | ... | Purishkevich | |
| Leonid Bronevoy | ... | Manasevich-Manuilov | |
| Pavel Pankov | ... | Manus | |
| Mikhail Danilov | ... | Andronnikov | |
| Mikhail Svetin | ... | Terekhov | |
| Nelli Pshyonnaya | ... | Baroness | |
| Aleksey Vanin | ... | Vospitatel cesarevitcha | |
| Lyudmila Polyakova | ... | Paraskeva | |
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Olga Grigoreva | ... | Yurodivaya |
| Boris Romanov | ... | Balashov | |
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Russia, 1916. Be it by craft or madness, Rasputin exercises power over the indecisive Nicholas, and the religious Czarina worships the Siberian as God. He manipulates the Czar in his relations with the Duma and influences the choice of a new premier. Rasputin assaults a baroness; her husband is jailed for defending her, and she must offer sexual favors to Rasputin to save her husband. The Czar finally orders Rasputin from St. Petersburg, but somehow he enters the palace and, in a disheveled trance, convinces the Czar to make a disastrous change in war strategy. A cadre of nobles take matters into their own hands and arrange a last dinner party for the interloping monk. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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imperial russia | decadence | foot bath | czar nicholas ii of russia character | rasputin character |Taglines:
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Country:
Soviet UnionLanguage:
RussianRelease Date:
15 November 1985 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Color (Sovcolor)Aspect Ratio:
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Its release was held up for six years by the Soviet Russian government and censors. See more »Goofs
The Tsarina's Lady in Waiting, Ms Vyrubova the 'Intriguante', is shown to be sauntering haughtily the entire film length, once even pushing the Tsarina's wheelchair. In fact, Vyrubova had been badly crippled in a railway accident a year before, and was herself transported in a wheelchair in 1916, or at best had to use crutches to get about (see 'Memories of the Russian Court' by herself, or other sources). See more »Alternate Versions
Unlike the versions released in other countries, the Russian deletes all the refrences to Rasputin's sexual desires and perversions, making the film lose its "Caligula-esque" edge. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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...but I speak the language fluently. Even so, I need the subtitles to get through this one. Petrenko is VERY convincing as the mad monk.
The plot is every bit as convoluted and murky as was Russian society in those days.
It's a great film, one of my favorites from Russia/USSR...