The Night They Killed Rasputin

The story of the rise and fall of the religious charlatan of Tsarist Russia. John Drew Barrymore. Tsarina: Gianna Maria Canale. Tsar: Ugo Sasso. Rasputin: Edmund Purdom. Pierre Chenal directed., This somewhat inaccurate biography of Russia’s power-hungry “Mad Monk” concentrates on the attempts on Rasputin’s life, including the (almost un-) successful one carried out by a prince.