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Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966)
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Horror Movies & Sci-Fi Movies Database
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09.08.09
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Thrown out of his monestary for licentious and drunken behaviour, Rasputin travels to St Petersburg to try his luck. Through a daliance with one of the czarina's ladies in waiting he soon gains influence at court with his powers of healing and of hypnotism. But he also makes enemies who wish to see him dead.
Movie Tagline:
Ladies' Man
Title: Rasputin: The Mad Monk
Release Date: April 06, 1966
Runtime: 91 mins
Genre: Biography
All Genres: Biography, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Languages: English
Country: UK
Colors: Color
Sound: Mono
IMDB Rating: 6.2
Buried.com Rating: 7.2 - (Rate This Horror Movie at Buried.com)
Category: Horror Movies Starting With R
MPAA Rating: 12
Director(s):
Don Sharp
Cast:
Christopher Lee ...Grigori Rasputin
Barbara Shelley ...Sonia
Richard Pasco ...Dr. Zargo
Francis Matthews ...Ivan
Suzan Farmer ...Vanessa
Dinsdale Landen ...Peter
Renee Asherson ...Tsarina
Derek Francis ...Innkeeper
Joss Ackland ...The Bishop
Robert Duncan ...Tsarvitch
Alan Tilvern ...Patron
John Welsh ...The Abbot
John Bailey ...The Physician
Mary Barclay ...Superior Lady
Michael Cadman ...Michael
Helen Christie ...First Tart
Lucy Fleming ...Wide Eyes
Michael Godfrey ...Doctor
Fiona Hartford ...Tania
Prudence Hyman ...Chatty Woman
Bryan Marshall ...Vasily
Bridget McConnell ...Gossip
Jay McGrath ...Dancer
Robert McLennan ...Dancer
Bartlett Mullins ...Waggoner
Veronica Nicholson ...young Girl
Mary Quinn ...Innkeepers Wife
Michael Ripper ...
Robert Rowland ...Bin Man / Bar Drunk
Celia Ryder ...Fat Lady
» [more cast members]
Producer(s):
Anthony Nelson Keys
Writer(s):
Anthony Hinds
Composer(s):
Don Banks
More Movie Taglines:
- Ladies' Man
- And Lady Killer!
- Now the Astounding Truth About ... "Rasputin: The Mad Monk"
Movie Quote(s):
- Grigori Rasputin: When I go to confession I don't offer God small sins, petty squabbles, jealousies... I offer him sins worth forgiving!
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Movie Trivia:
- Filmed back-to-back with Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966), using many of the same cast members and sets.
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Nicholas Pennell was by error listed in Hammer PR materials as playing the role actually played by Dinsdale Landen
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Christopher Lee and Francis Matthews spent several days filming an extended fight sequence for the film's ending. Eventually, much to Matthews's disappointment, most of the scene ended up on the cutting-room floor, leaving his bloody lip in the penultimate shot unexplained.
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As a young boy, Christopher Lee actually met the assassins of Rasputin (Prince Yusupoff and Dmitri Pavlovich) before playing Rasputin in the film. He also met Rasputin's daughter, Maria in 1976.
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SPOILER: The original ending had Rasputin's hand held up to his forehead in benediction as he lay dead on the ice. It was considered potentially blasphemous, however, and was cut from the final film. The shot can still be seen in some stills, however.
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Keywords:
Monk, Russia, Beautiful Woman, Character Name In Title ...[more]
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Rating: 7.2 out of 10.0 - 75 votes cast total
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