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Release year: 1966

Storyline

Thrown out of his monastery for licentious and drunken behavior, Rasputin travels to St Petersburg in pursuit of wealth and prestige. He soon gains influence at court with his powers of healing and of hypnotism.

Top credits

Directors

Don Sharp

Writers

Anthony Hinds

Cast

Christopher Lee — Grigori Rasputin
Barbara Shelley — Sonia
Richard Pasco — Dr. Boris Zargo
Francis Matthews — Ivan Kesnikoff

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Did you know

• As a young boy, Sir Christopher Lee met the assassins of Rasputin (Prince Yusupoff and Dmitri Pavlovich). He also met Rasputin's daughter, Maria in 1976. She told Lee that he had her father's "expression".

• Filmed back-to-back with "Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)," using many of the same cast members and sets.

• "Hammer Films" released this movie with the disclaimer "This is an entertainment, not a documentary. No attempt has been made at historical accuracy. All the characters and incidents may be regarded as fictitious." This precaution was taken because "MGM" had been sued in 1933 by Princess Irina Romanoff Yusupov, who claimed that an earlier movie about Rasputin had libelled her by erroneously portraying her as his mistress.