Rasputin and the Empress

This film covers the years 1913 through 1918, during the tumultuous final years of the Romanov regime in Russia. When Prince Alexis, a hemophiliac, hovers near death after an accident, the royal physicians regretfully predict an imminent demise. Empress Alexandra and her husband call in the mysterious Rasputin to help., The Russian czarina approaches the mystic healer Rasputin to cure her son’s hemophilia. When the son is miraculously cured, Rasputin sneaks his way into becoming closer to the royal family—but some family members are not convinced by his shady intentions.