Rasputin: Murder in the Tsar's Court

Nan
0h 52m
2016
5.8 /10 (7)

Overview

St. Petersburg, Russia, December 30th, 1916. Grigori Rasputin is assassinated. The story of the humble peasant who became the most influential adviser to czarina Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of the last czar, Nicholas II Romanov.

Country : Germany
Languages : Deutsch
Released Date: 2016-12-10

Top Billed Cast

Mechthild Großmann

Herself - Narrator (voice)

Laurence Huot-Solovieff

Herself - Descendant

Boris Kolonitsky

Himself - Historian

Sergei Mironenko

Himself - Historian

Olga Utotschkina

Herself - Historian

Marie Turquois-Bowman

Herself - Writer

Florian Langer

Himself - Physician

Alexei Larionov

Himself - Art Historian

Yulia Pashkovskaya

Herself - Hotel Manager

Natalia Saizeva

Herself - Historian

Czar Nicholas II of Russia

Himself (archive footage)

Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna

Herself (archive footage)

Czarevitch Alexei Nikolaevich

Himself (archive footage)

Vladimir Lenin

Himself (archive footage)

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