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I Killed Rasputin
I Killed Rasputin
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Directed by	Robert Hossein
Written by	Felix Yusupov; Paola Sanjust; Alain Decaux; Claude Desailly; Robert Hossein;
Produced by	Raymond Danon; Maurice Jacquin
Starring	Gert Fröbe; Peter McEnery; Robert Hossein; Geraldine Chaplin;
Cinematography	Henri Persin
Edited by	Jacqueline Thiédot
Music by	André Hossein
Production; companies	Compania Generale Cinematografica; Films Copernic
Distributed by	Comacico (1967) (France); Paramount Pictures (1968) (USA); Elite-Film (Filmzentrum) (1967) (Austria); Hafbo (1968) (Netherlands); Inter-Verleih Film-Gesellschaft (1967) (West Germany); Paramount Television (USA) (TV);
Release date	3 May 1967 (France);
Running time	135 min
Countries	France; Italy
Language	French

I Killed Rasputin (French: J'ai tué Raspoutine) is a 1967 Italo-Franco biographical film directed by Robert Hossein. Gert Fröbe stars as the main subject, Grigori Rasputin. It is based on the work Lost Splendor by Felix Yusupov, a nobleman and participant in the murder of Rasputin.^[1]^[2] The script was approved by Yusupov and he also agreed to appear in the film.^[1] In the introductory interview of the film, Yusupov demonstrated that his loathing for Rasputin remained undiminished.^[3] Filming began at the Billancourt Studios in Paris in December 1966.^[3] The film opened the 1967 Cannes Film Festival^[3] and later that year was released theatrically in France on 3 May.

Plot

Grigori Rasputin becomes a fixture of Russia's Imperial Court after saving the life of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, the haemophiliac heir to the throne. However as war breaks out, Rasputin's enemies see him as a cause and plot fatal revenge against the Russian mystic.^[4]

Cast

Gert Fröbe as Grigori Rasputin
Peter McEnery as Felix Yusupov
Robert Hossein as Serge Hukhotin
Geraldine Chaplin as Mounia Golovine
Ivan Desny as Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia
Roger Pigaut as Vladimir Purishkevich
Ira Fürstenberg as Irina Yusupova
Patrick Balkany as Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia
Nicolas Vogel as Dr. Lazovert
France Delahalle as Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia
Katia Tchenko as A follower of Rasputin

References

^ ^a ^b A.H. Weiler, The Flight Plan of 'Peter Pan' ], New York Times. pp. 11. 27 November February 1966. Retrieved on 30 July 2011.
^ Cowie, Peter (1977). World Filmography: 1967. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press.
^ ^a ^b ^c 'Cannes Festival opens', New York Times. pp. 36. 28 April 1967
^ I Killed Rasputin Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved on 22 July 2011