For the 1932 John Barrymore film, see Rasputin and the Empress.
Rasputin, the Mad Monk
Original French film poster
Directed by
Don Sharp
Written by
Anthony Hinds
Produced by
Anthony Nelson Keys
Starring
Christopher Lee
Barbara Shelley
Richard Pasco
Francis Matthews
Suzan Farmer
Dinsdale Landen
Renée Asherson
Cinematography
Michael Reed
Edited by
Roy Hyde
Music by
Don Banks
Production companies
Hammer Film Productions Seven Arts
Distributed by
Warner-Pathé Distributors
Release date
6 March 1966 (1966-03-06)
Running time
91 min.
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Budget
£100,000 (approx)[1]
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.
^Marcus Hearn & Alan Barnes, The Hammer Story: The Authorised History of Hammer Films, Titan Books, 2007 p. 96
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