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Rasputin and the Empress is a american film of genre Drama directed by Richard Boleslawski released in USA on 24 march 1933 with John Barrymore

Rasputin and the Empress (1933)

Rasputin and the Empress
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Released in USA 24 march 1933
Length 2h1
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Historical
Rating64% 3.2445753.2445753.2445753.2445753.244575

Rasputin and the Empress is a 1932 film about Imperial Russia starring the Barrymore siblings (John, as Prince Chegodieff; Ethel, as Czarina Alexandra; and Lionel Barrymore, as Grigori Rasputin). It is the only film in which all three siblings appear together.

The film's inaccurate portrayal of Prince Felix and Irina Yusupov as Prince Chegodieff and Princess Natasha caused a historically significant lawsuit against MGM and gave rise to the "all persons fictitious disclaimer," which has since become standard in Hollywood works of fiction.

Synopsis

The story takes place in the Russian Empire during the last years of the reign of Czar Nicholas II and the Czarina Alexandra. Reform-minded Prince Paul has long been concerned about the plight of the common people and knows a revolution is brewing. Prince Alexei, heir to the throne, is loved by the people but has hemophilia, and a slight fall turns out to be life-threatening. When royal physician Dr. Remezov is powerless to stop the boy's bleeding, Princess Natasha, Alexandra's lady-in-waiting and Paul's fiancee, recommends Rasputin as a healer. He convinces the frantic Empress that he has been sent by God to cure the child. Left alone with Alexei, he hypnotizes the boy and relieves his agony but also gradually makes Alexei a slave to his will.

Actors

John Barrymore

(Prince Paul Chegodieff)Ethel Barrymore

(Czarina Alexandra)Lionel Barrymore

(Grigori Rasputin)Ralph Morgan

(Czar Nicholas II)Diana Wynyard

(Princess Natasha)
And :
Edward Arnold
C. Henry Gordon
Mary Alden
Oscar Apfel
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