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Rasputin (Original title)
Date: 24 October 1971 (Television)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Alan Cooke

Synopsis: Biographical play on the life and death of Grigory Rasputing and his influence on the court of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.

Genres:
Biopic, Historical drama

Subjects:
Rasputin, Grigory Efimovich (1869-1916), Russian Empire

Series title:

TV Transmissions
Date: 24 October 1971Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 20:10-22:05Slot duration: 115 minsNetwork - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Date: 17 October 1972Broadcast channel: BBC2Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:25-23:20Slot duration: 115 minsNetwork

Credits (7)
Production Company: BBC, Producer: Cedric Messina, Script Editor: Rosemary Hill, Script: Ronald Eyre, Lighting: Dennis Channon, Designer: Natasha Kroll
Cast (28)
Robert Stephens (Rasputin), Peter Barkworth (Tsar Nicholas II), Isabel Dean (Empress Alexandra), Jonathan Moore (Alexei), Lally Bowers (The Dowager Empress), T.P. McKenna (Kommissarov), Tom Criddle (Mouraviev), Ann Beach (Anna Vyroubova), Aubrey Danvers-Walker (Count Fredericks), Walter Horsbrugh (Dr. Botkin), Robert Eddison (Prince Andronikov), Richard Morant (Prince Yussupov), John Kearney (Guard), Sally Lewis (Nurse), Andrew Robertson (Lackey), Reg Lye (Peasant), Rachel Thomas (Peasant's Wife), Kay Barlow (Stana), David King (Hvostov), Yvonne Coulette (Madame Hvostov), John Dunn-hill (Telegraph Clerk), Leonard Trolley (Husband), Harry Waters (Policeman), Derrick Gilbert (Police Sergeant), Sean Roantree (Prince Dmitri), John Savident (Purishkevich), James Bree (Protopopov), Robert Gillespie (Manioulov)