Grigori Rasputin
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Rasputin the Mad Monk is a 1966 Hammer horror film directed by Don Sharp and starring Christopher Lee as Grigori Rasputin, the Russian peasant-mystic who gained great influence with the Tsars prior to the Russian Revolution.
A 1966 horror film starring Christopher Lee as the notorious Russian mystic and his love affairs in St Petersburg. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more.
Mar 4, 2024 · Learn about the life, rise and death of Grigori Rasputin, the controversial holy man who influenced the Romanovs and sparked a revolution. Discover the facts and myths behind his alleged healing powers, his scandalous affairs and his violent end.
Aug 16, 2021 · Filmed in Cinema Scope (wide screen). Deluxe color seems to have held its own compared with Technicolor. But Christopher Lee and Barbara Shelly (one of the grand dame scream queens in the time) makes it a go to, surprised they didn't find a place for Ingrid Pitt.
Sep 30, 2020 · Rasputin: the 'mad monk' who became a friend to the Romanovs. In pre-revolutionary Russia, there was no one more divisive than this megalomaniac mystic, a peasant who reached his way to the heights of Imperial Russia, only to oversee its destruction.
Feb 10, 2024 · Learn about the rise and fall of Grigori Rasputin, a mystic and renegade monk who influenced the Romanovs and was assassinated in 1916. Discover his humble origins, his controversial practices, his powerful friends, and his mysterious role in the tsarist regime.
The bearded Russian mystic (Christopher Lee) worms his way into Czar Nicholas II's court by seducing a lady-in-waiting (Barbara Shelley).
