The Night They Killed Rasputin

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The Night They Killed Rasputin

"The Story ALL True! The Man ALL Evil!"

1960

1h 27m

5.0(3 votes)

Drama

Overview

Rasputin was a lusty steppes peasant, a god revealed, a cunning patriot, all that, or a mystifier? An intriguing biography.

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9 featured cast members

Starring

Edmund Purdom

Rasputin

Gianna Maria Canale

Czarina Alexandra

John Drew Barrymore

Prince Felix Yousoupoff

Jany Clair

Irina Yousoupoff

Ugo Sasso

Czar

Nerio Bernardi

Yvette Lebon

Enrico Glori

Ada Passeri

Street Seller (uncredited)

Creative team

Directed by: Pierre Chenal
Written by: André Tabet
Pierre Chenal

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