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Rasputin the Mad Monk (Original title)
Dates: 1965 (Copyright), 06 March 1966 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Don Sharp

Synopsis: Spectacle biography of the Russian monk who brought depravity and superstition to the Russian court before the Revolution.

Genres:
Historical drama, Biopic

Subjects:
Russian Empire, Rasputin, Grigory Efimovich (1869-1916)
Credits (23)
©: Hammer Film Productions, Presents: Associated British Productions, Produced by: Anthony Nelson Keys, Production Manager: Ross Mackenzie, Assistant Director: Bert Batt, Continuity: Lorna Selwyn, Screenplay by: John Elder, Director of Photography: Michael Reed, Camera Operator: Cece Cooney, Supervising Editor: James Needs, Editor: Roy Hyde, Production Designer: Bernard Robinson, Art Director: Don Mingaye, Wardrobe: Rosemary Burrows, Make-up: Roy Ashton, Hair Stylist: Frieda Steiger, Colour by: DeLuxe, Music Composed by: Don Banks, Musical Supervisor: Philip Martell, Sound Recordist: Ken Rawkins, Sound Editor: Roy Baker, Produced at: Bray Film Studios
Cast (14)
Christopher Lee (Grigori Rasputin), Barbara Shelley (Sonia), Richard Pasco (Dr. Boris Zargo), Francis Matthews (Ivan Kesnikov), Suzan Farmer (Vanessa Kesnikov), Dinsdale Landen (Peter), Renee Asherson (Alexandra, the Tsarina), Derek Francis (innkeeper), Joss Ackland (the bishop), Robert Duncan (Alexei, the Tsarivitch), Alan Tilvern (patron), John Welsh (the abbot), John Bailey (Dr. Ziglov, court physician), Brian Wilde ([villager])