I Killed Rasputin

I Killed Rasputin
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Directed byRobert Hossein
Written by
Produced byRaymond Danon
Maurice Jacquin
Starring
CinematographyHenri Persin
Edited byJacqueline Thiédot
Music byAndré Hossein
Production
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Distributed by
Release date
  • 3 May 1967 (1967-05-03) (France)
Running time
135 min
CountriesFrance
Italy
LanguageFrench

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.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Cowie, Peter (1977). World Filmography: 1967. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press.
  3. ^ a b c 'Cannes Festival opens', New York Times. pp. 36. 28 April 1967