The Night They Killed Rasputin
Cast & Crew
Pierre Chenal
Edmund Purdom
Gianna Maria Canale
John Drew Barrymore
Jany Clair
Ugo Sasso
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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. Enemies dispatch a woman to stab the monk, but their plot is foiled when Rasputin miraculously recovers from his wounds. After Russia enters the Great War, Rasputin's association with arms merchants and other speculators lends credence to the supposition that he is a German spy. He is attracted to Irina, Prince Yousoupoff's wife, and Yousoupoff, one of a group of conspirators determined to kill Rasputin, lures him to his home on the pretext of meeting Irina. There, they attempt to poison him, but he merely falls asleep from the cyanide. Panic-striken, Yousoupoff empties a revolver into Rasputin, who even then does not die but bellows in his rage. He eventually falls to the ground, and the assassins dump his body into the Neva.
Director
Pierre Chenal
Cast
Edmund Purdom
Gianna Maria Canale
John Drew Barrymore
Jany Clair
Ugo Sasso
Giulia Rubini
Livio Lorenzon
Nerio Bernardi
Miranda Campa
Marco Guglielmi
Ivo Garrani
Maria Grazia Buccella
Michele Malaspina
Rita Rubirosa
Feodor Chaliapin
Enrico Glori
Yvette Lebon
Elida Day
Crew
Adalberto Albertini
Gianpaolo Bigazzi
Pierre Chenal
Pierre Chenal
Arrigo Equini
Vincent Fotre
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
Ugo Liberatore
André Tabet
André Tabet
Antonietta Zita
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Opened in Paris in July 1960 as Les nuits de Raspoutine; running time: 93 min; in Italy in 1960 as L'ultimo zar. Also known as Giant Monster.
