Beautiful girls who came to pray! Caught in the web of debauched Rasputin, whose crafty mind toppled a throne!
The story of corrupt, power-hungry, manipulative Grigori Rasputin's influence on members of the Russian Imperial family and others, and what resulted.
- 5.1
- 1932
- Released
- 2h 1m
John Barrymore
Prince Paul Chegodieff
Ethel Barrymore
Czarina Alexandra
Lionel Barrymore
Grigori Rasputin
Ralph Morgan
Czar Nicholas II
Tad Alexander
The Czarevitch
Diana Wynyard
Princess Natasha
C. Henry Gordon
Grand Duke Igor
Edward Arnold
Doctor Remezov
Henry Armetta
Photographer (uncredited)
Mischa Auer
Butler Pouring Drinks at Party (uncredited)
Louise Closser Hale
Lazy Spoiled Woman (uncredited)
Nigel De Brulier
Priest (uncredited)
Dale Fuller
Minor Role (uncredited)
Brandon Hurst
Staff General (uncredited)
George Irving
Minor Role (uncredited)
Henry Kolker
Chief of Secret Police (uncredited)
Eily Malyon
Woman Yelling 'Blessed Among Women!' (uncredited)
Eric Mayne
Aristocrat at Ball (uncredited)
Louis Natheaux
Rasputin's Security Official at Party (uncredited)
Dave O'Brien
Soldier (uncredited)
Sarah Padden
Duna the Landlady (uncredited)
Jean Parker
Princess Maria (uncredited)
Anne Shirley
Princess Anastasia
Martha Sleeper
Party Girl (uncredited)
Gustav von Seyffertitz
Dr. Franz Wolfe (uncredited)
Leo White
Reveler at Party (uncredited)
Clarence Wilson
Minor Role (uncredited)
Ruth Renick
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Charlotte Henry
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Released
en
- #mind control
- #corruption
- #influence
- #faith
- #poison
- #manipulation
- #czar / tsar / tzar
- #royal family
- #downfall
- #royal court
- #pre-code
- #hypnotism
- #russian history
- #imperial russia
- #hemophilia
- #murder plot
- #cleric
- #romanov dinasty
Reviews
Keep it in the family was never better exemplified in a film than here with no less than three of the Barrymore clan taking on one of these historical stories that is ideal for folks with a fertile imagination. Ralph Morgan is the Czar who is married to Alexandra (Ethel) and with whom he has but the one son. The young Czarevitch (Tad Alexander) is suspected of being an haemophiliac and devoid of h