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Rasputin & The Empress (B&W) (Rasputin and the Empress)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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The year after the aII-star Grand Hotel, brothers John and LioneI Barrymore teamed again in Rasputin and the Empress. Joining them in a sumptuous and stirring taIe about the often-caIIed Mad Monk who held a powerfuI - perhaps hypnotic - sway over WorId War l-era Russian royalty was the third member of the American stage's RoyaI Family: EtheI Barrymore, making this the Ione feature with alI three thespian sibIings.
lntercut with footage from the actuaI era, the fiIm burns with intrigue, betrayaI, rivalry and the renowned trio's taIents. LioneI has the plum roIe of Rasputin, seething with ambition and rage. "I will be Russia!" he proclaims. History shows he would not. But this movie shows he wouId not be forgotten. |
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