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The Night They Killed Rasputin: Directed by Pierre Chenal. With Edmund Purdom, Gianna Maria Canale, Yvette Lebon, Giulia Rubini. Rasputin was a lusty steppes peasant, a god revealed, a cunning patriot, all that, or a mystifier? An intriguing biography.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Pierre Chenal
- 1962-10
The Night They Killed Rasputin (Italian: L'ultimo zar, French: Les nuits de Raspoutine), also known as Nights of Rasputin, is a 1960 Italian-French historical adventure film co-written and directed by Pierre Chenal, and starring Edmund Purdom and Gianna Maria Canale.
Films about assassinations. Films set in 20th-century Russian Empire. Biographical films by subject.
The Night They Killed Rasputin, also known as Nights of Rasputin, is a 1960 Italian-French historical adventure film co-written and directed by Pierre Chenal, and starring Edmund Purdom and...
Synopsis. Rasputin, a lustful peasant monk, cures Alexei, heir apparent to the Russian throne, of hemophilia and wins the complete confidence of the czarina. Thus begins Rasputin's rise to power and influence in the imperial court.
- Pierre Chenal
- Edmund Purdom
An atmospheric retelling of the rise and fall of Rasputin, whose seemingly supernatural powers made the czarina into a hypnotic slave. Barrymore reprises the role his father played in RASPUTIN AND THE EMPRESS.
The Nights of Rasputin 1960 1h 27m Drama List Reviews Based on the true story of the Russian monk who had a mystical stranglehold on the ruling Romanoffs.
- Drama
