France, 1938
35mm film, black and white
mono, French
A French borderline horror film directed by Marcel L'Herbier.
Plot Summary
The story of the faith healing monk Rasputin and his almost supernatural hold over the Russian royal family.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Marcel L'Herbier
Max Glass Film
Produced by: Max Glass
Dialogue: Max Glass, Steve Passeur
Novel: Alfred Neumann
Assistant Director: Robert-Paul Dagan
Directors of Photography: Philippe Agostini, Michel Kelber
Editor: Raymond Leboursier
Music by: Darius Milhaud
Sound: Pierre-Louis Calvet
Costume Designer: Georges K. Benda
Production Designers: Guy de Gastyne, Eugène Lourié
Art Director: Eugène Lourié
Cast
Harry Baur (Raspoutine)
Marcelle Chantal (Tsarine Alexandra)
Pierre Richard-Willm (Comte Igor Kourloff)
Jean Worms (Tsar Nicholas II)
Jany Holt (Groussina)
Jacques Baumer (Prokoff)
Georges Malkine (Begger)
Lucien Nat (Ostrowski)
Carine Nelson (Ania Kitina)
Palau (Piotr)
Georges Prieur (Grand-Duc Nikolaievich)
Alexandre Rignault (Bloch)
Gabrielle Robinne (Czar's mother)
Martial Rèbe (Iliodore)
Denis d'Inès (Évèque Gregorian)
Georges Vitray (Ivanov)
André Gabriello (Stankevitch)
Joffre (archimandrite)
Georges Paulais (supplicant)
Léon Larive (the pope)
Alternative Titles
Le Diable de Sibérie – France
La Fin des Romanoff – France
Keisarikunnan murhenäytelmä – Finland
Raspoutine – France
Rasputin – English language title
Rasputin – Rysslands okrönte härskare – Sweden
References
Periodicals
- Cinématographie Française no.996 (3 December 1937) – interview with Marcel L'Herbier
- Cinématographie Française no.1014 (8 April 1938) – review
- Documentary News Letter vol.1 no.5 (May 1940) p.15 – review
- Kinematograph Weekly no.1720 (4 April 1940) – review
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.7 no.76 (April 1940) p.61 – credits, synopsis, review
- Motion Picture Herald vol.137 no.3 (21 October 1939) – review
- Télérama no.1831 (13 February 1985) p.61 – review
- Today's Cinema vol.54 no.4397 (3 April 1940) – review
