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Synopsis:
Uli Edel's award-winning drama charting the life of the sinister peasant who styled himself as a bizarre holy man with a taste for wine, women and debauchery. He ended up in St Petersburg, where he managed to wheedle his way into Tsarina Alexandra's confidence in the turbulent years leading up to the Russian Revolution, thanks largely to his apparent ability to heal her son. Alan Rickman is mesmerising in the lead role, causing scandal and dissent in the royal court with obvious glee, while Ian …
Starring:
Alan Rickman as Rasputin, Greta Scacchi as Tsarina Alexandra, Ian McKellen as Tsar Nicholas, David Warner as Dr Botkin, John Wood as Stolypin, James Frain as Prince Yussoupov, Ian Hogg as Purishkevich, Sheila Ruskin as Princess Marisa, Peter Jeffrey, Ian McDiarmid, Julian Curry, Freddie Findlay, Vladimir Ermilov, Elena Malashevkaya, Rostislav Tkachenko, Natalie Zhuravel, Zhanna Sukhopolskaya, Anatoly Slivnikov, Alexander Lykov, Alexei Nilov
Credits:
Uli Edel - Director, Nick Gillott - Producer
