Rasputin and the Empress

“Beautiful girls who came to pray! Caught in the web of debauched Rasputin, whose crafty mind toppled a throne!”

5.1(14)19322h 1m

DramaHistory

The story of corrupt, power-hungry, manipulative Grigori Rasputin's influence on members of the Russian Imperial family and others, and what resulted.

Director

Richard Boleslawski

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Cast

John Barrymore

Prince Paul Chegodieff

Ethel Barrymore

Czarina Alexandra

Lionel Barrymore

Grigori Rasputin

Ralph Morgan

Czar Nicholas II

Tad Alexander

The Czarevitch

Diana Wynyard

Princess Natasha

C. Henry Gordon

Grand Duke Igor

Edward Arnold

Doctor Remezov

Henry Armetta

Photographer (uncredited)

Mischa Auer

Butler Pouring Drinks at Party (uncredited)

Louise Closser Hale

Lazy Spoiled Woman (uncredited)

Nigel De Brulier

Priest (uncredited)

Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

8mo ago

7.0

Keep it in the family was never better exemplified in a film than here with no less than three of the Barrymore clan taking on one of these historical stories that is ideal for folks with a fertile imagination. Ralph Morgan is the Czar who is married to Alexandra (Ethel) and with whom he has but the one son. The young Czarevitch (Tad Alexander) is suspected of being an haemophiliac and devoid of h...