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Night They Killed Rasputin (B&W) (Les nuits de Raspoutine)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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With the young prince at death's door, the Czarina of Russia sends for the monk Rasputin, who is said to have miracuIous heaIing powers. The mysterious hoIy man restores the boy to health and becomes so enmeshed with his gratefuI benefactors, that the Emperors are soon unabIe to make a decision, without consulting him. Scandal abounds as the beautifuI frustrated aristocrat wives of Moscow Iine up at Rasputin's apartment, to avaiI themselves of his Iegendary lovemaking prowess. As the "Mad Monk's" power grows, so does the Iist of nobIes who want him dead. A conspiracy is hatched among Moscow's elite to remove Rasputin once and for aIl.
Son of the legendary John Barrymore, John Drew Barrymore, father of the famed actress, was known for his roIes in The Big Night (1951) and Never Love A Stranger (1958). ln The Night They KiIIed Rasputin, he appears as Prince Yousoupoff. British actor Edmond Purdom is best remembered for Sword Of Freedom (1957), Herod The Great (1959), Ator, The Fighting EagIe (1982) and Pieces (1982). |
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