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Rasputin and the Empress is an American period drama film first released in 1932,
directed by Richard Boleslawski and Charles Brabin.
The film stars John Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Ralph Morgan and Diana Wynyard.
It has also been released under the title: Rasputin the Mad Monk.
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Credits
- Director: Richard Boleslawski, Charles Brabin
- Script: Charles MacArthur, Lenore J. Coffee, Ben Hecht, Robert E. Sherwood, Mercedes de Acosta
- Photo: William H. Daniels
- Music: Herbert Stothart
- Cast: John Barrymore (Prince Paul Chegodieff), Ethel Barrymore (Czarina Alexandra), Lionel Barrymore (Grigori Rasputin), Ralph Morgan (Czar Nicholas II), Diana Wynyard (Princess Natasha), Tad Alexander (Czarevitch Alexis ’Aloysha’), C. Henry Gordon (Grand Duke Igor), Edward Arnold (Dr. A. Remezov), Clarence Wilson ((scenes deleted)), Luis Alberni (Photographer’s assistant), Mary Alden, Robert Anderson, Oscar Apfel, Henry Armetta (Photographer), Hooper Atchley (Policeman), Mischa Auer (Butler pouring drinks at party), Reginald Barlow (General who underestimated the Japanese), Barbara Barondess (Woman getting cigarette), Max Barwyn (Bald man trying to see Duna), Maurice Black (Revolutionary soldier), William ’Stage’ Boyd (Comrade General), Francesca Braggiotti, William Burress, Robert Cain, Emile Chautard, Clay Clement, Louise Closser Hale (Lazy spoiled woman), Richard Cramer (Revolutionary given birdcage), Marie Deauville (Pianist surrounded by all three Barrymores at Party), Nigel De Brulier (Priest), Jean Del Val, Helen Freeman (Hysterical woman about to be shot), Dale Fuller, Clarence Geldart, Miriam Goldina, Ben Hall (Boy about to be shot), Sherry Hall (Officer watching celebration mass), Carey Harrison, Charlotte Henry (Girl), Brandon Hurst (Staff general), George Irving, Murray Kinnell (Prof. Kropotkin), Henry Kolker (Chief of Secret Police), Otto Lederer, Robert Lees, Frank Leigh, Lucien Littlefield (Reveler at party), Eily Malyon (Woman yelling, ’Blessed among women!’), Margaret Mann (Nurse), Mabel Marden, Mary Marden, Jane Mercer, Geneva Mitchell, Edmund Mortimer (Officer watching celebration mass), Louis Natheaux (Rasputin’s security official at party), Dave O’Brien (Soldier), Sarah Padden (Duna (landlady)), Jean Parker (Princess Maria), Purnell Pratt (Officer quieting Grand Duke Igor), Frank Reicher (German-language teacher), Ruth Renick, Helen Robinson, Evelyn Selbie, Frank Shannon (Staff general), C. Montague Shaw, Anne Shirley (Princess Anastasia), Martha Sleeper, Larry Steers, Gustav von Seyffertitz (Dr. Franz Wolfe), Milton Wallace (Staff general), Leo White (Reveler at party), Carol Wines
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 121 min; B&W
- Aka: Rasputin the Mad Monk
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