Rasputin (1938 film)

Rasputin
Directed by	Marcel L'Herbier
Produced by	Max Glass
Written by	Alfred Neumann (novel) Steve Passeur Max Glass Marcel L'Herbier
Starring	Harry Baur Marcelle Chantal Pierre Richard-Willm Jean Worms
Music by	Darius Milhaud
Cinematography	Philippe Agostini Michel Kelber
Edited by	Raymond Leboursier
Production company	Max Glass Film
Distributed by	Comptoir Français du Film
Release dates	28 January 1938 (1938-01-28)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Rasputin (French:La Tragédie impériale) is a 1938 French historical film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Harry Baur, Marcelle Chantal and Pierre Richard-Willm.^[1] It depicts the rise and fall of the Russian mystic Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin, the advisor to the Romanov royal family. The film's sets were designed by the art director Guy de Gastyne.

Cast

Harry Baur as Rasputin
Marcelle Chantal as Tsarine Alexandra
Pierre Richard-Willm as Comte Igor Kourloff
Jean Worms as Tsar Nicholas II
Jany Holt as Groussina
Jacques Baumer as Prokoff
Georges Malkine as Begger
Lucien Nat as Ostrowski
Carine Nelson as Ania Kitina
Palau as Piotr
Georges Prieur as Grand-Duc Nikolaievich
Alexandre Rignault as Bloch
Gabrielle Robinne as Tsarine-mère
Martial Rèbe as Iliodore
Denis d'Inès as Évèque Gregorian
Georges Vitray as Ivanov
André Gabriello as Stankevitch
Joffre as L'archimandrite
Georges Paulais as Un quémandeur
Léon Larive as Le pope
Georges Bever as Le servant du pope
Jean Claudio as Le tsarevitch
Marcel Barencey as Membre du Saint-Synode
Marguerite Templey as La générale
Ginette Gaubert as Princesse Dolgoroukine
Paul Escoffier as Médecin de la cour
Suzanne Devoyod as La supérieure du couvent
Lucien Hector as L'homme de la mobilisation
Robert Moor as Maître-d'hôtel d'Ania
Génia Vaury as Nadia
Cécile Didier as Maria
Mady Berry as Dounia
Zélie Yzelle as Une paysanne
Valentine Camax as Une religieuse
Colette Régis as Une religieuse
Lucien Pascal as Le politicien
Roger Blin as Le jeune paysan
Alexandre Mihalesco as Le prédicateur
Albert Brouett as Un solliciteur
Georges Morton as Un solliciteur
Albert Malbert as Le policier

References

↑ Kennedy-Karpat p.204

Bibliography

Kennedy-Karpat, Colleen. Rogues, Romance, and Exoticism in French Cinema of the 1930s. Fairleigh Dickinson, 2013.

External links

Rasputin at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Marcel L'Herbier

Silent films	Phantasmes (1918) (unfinished) Rose-France (1918) Le Bercail (1919) (uncredited) Le Carnaval des vérités (1920) L'Homme du large (1920) Villa Destin (1920) El Dorado (1921) Prométhée... Banquier (1921) Don Juan et Faust (1922) Résurrection (1923) (unfinished) L'Inhumaine (1924) Feu Mathias Pascal (1925) Le Vertige (1926) Le Diable au cœur (1927) L'Argent (1928) Nuits de Prince (1929)

Sound films	L'Enfant de l'amour (1930) La Femme d'une nuit (1930) Le Mystère de la chambre jaune (1930) Le Parfum de la dame en noir (1931) L'Épervier (1933) Le Scandale (1934) L'Aventurier (1934) Le Bonheur (1934) La Route impériale (1935) Veille d'armes (1935) Les Hommes nouveaux (1936) La Porte du large (1936) Nuits de feu (1937) La Citadelle du silence (1937) Forfaiture (1937) La Tragédie impériale (1938) Adrienne Lecouvreur (1938) Terre de feu (1938-1942) Children's Corner (1938) (short) La Mode revée (1939) (short) La Brigade sauvage (1939) Entente cordiale (1939) La Comédie du bonheur (1940-1942) Histoire de rire (1941) La Nuit fantastique (1942) L'Honorable Catherine (1943) La Vie de bohème (1942-1945) Au petit bonheur (1946) L'Affaire du collier de la reine (1946) La Révoltée (1948) Les Derniers Jours de Pompéi (1948-1950) The Father of the Girl (1953) Hommage à Debussy (1963) (documentary) Le Cinéma du diable (1967) (documentary)

Television	Adrienne Mesurat (1953) Ce qu'a vu le vent d'est, ou Zamore (1954) Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard (1954) Les Fausses Confidences (1955) Le Ciel de lit (1955) La Féérie des fantasmes ou 80 ans de film fantastique français (1975) (anthology)

Grigori Rasputin in popular culture

Films	The Fall of the Romanoffs (1917) Rasputin (1928) Rasputin, Dämon der Frauen (1932) Rasputin and the Empress (1932) Wake Up the Gypsy in Me (1933) Rasputin (1938) Rasputin the Mad Monk (1966) I Killed Rasputin (1967) Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) Harlequin (1980) Agony (1975/1981) Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny (1996) Anastasia (1997) Hellboy (2004) Rasputin (2011)

Comics	Colossus Magik Mikhail Rasputin Grigori Rasputin (Hellboy)

Video games	World Heroes series Shadow Hearts: Covenant Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless Army

Other media	"Rasputin" (song) The Wages of Sin (novel) Rasputin – Miracles Lie in the Eye of the Beholder (album) Raimuiro Senkitan (anime) Drifters (manga)

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