Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966)
1h 31m
Running Time
March 6, 1966Release Date
Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966)
1h 31m
Running Time
March 6, 1966Release Date
Plot.
Rasputin, a crazed and debauched monk wreaks havoc at the local inn one night, chopping off the hand of one of the drinkers. As the bitter locals plan their revenge, the evil Rasputin works his power over the beautiful women who serve at the Tsar's palace. Even the Tsarina herself is seduced by his evil ways and, as his influence begins to dominate government policy, there is only one course of action left... to destroy him before he destroys them all.
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Cast & Crew.
Christopher Lee
Grigori Rasputin
Barbara Shelley
Sonia
Richard Pasco
Dr. Boris Zargo
Francis Matthews
Ivan Kesnikoff
Suzan Farmer
Vanessa
Dinsdale Landen
Peter
Renée Asherson
Alexandra, Tsarina
Derek Francis
Innkeeper
Joss Ackland
The Bishop
Alan Tilvern
Patron
Robert Duncan
Tsarevitch Alexei
John Welsh
The Abbot
Don Sharp
Director
Anthony Hinds
Writer
John Bailey
The Physician
Anthony Nelson Keys
Producer
Prudence Hyman
Chatty Woman (uncredited)
Don Banks
Composer
Lucy Fleming
Wide Eyes (uncredited)
Michael Ripper
Waggoner (voice) (uncredited)
Michael Reed
Cinematographer
Michael Godfrey
Doctor (uncredited)
Roy Hyde
Editor
Bryan Marshall
Vasily (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Rasputin the Mad Monk is a 1966 Hammer horror film directed by Don Sharp and starring Christopher Lee as Grigori Rasputin, the Russian peasant-mystic who gained great influence with the Tsars prior to the Russian Revolution. It also features Barbara Shelley, Francis Matthews, Suzan Farmer, Richard Pasco, Dinsdale Landen and Renée Asherson. The story is largely fictionalized, although some of the events leading up to Rasputin's assassination are very loosely based on Prince Yusupov's account of the story. For legal reasons (Yusupov was still alive when the film was released), the character of Yusupov was replaced by Ivan (Matthews).
The emphasis is on Rasputin's terrifying powers both to work magic and to seduce women.