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Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny | |
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Genre | Biography Historical drama |
Written by | Peter Pruce |
Directed by | Uli Edel |
Starring | Alan Rickman Greta Scacchi Ian McKellen David Warner John Wood |
Theme music composer | Brad Fiedel |
Country of origin | United States |
Production | |
Executive producers | David R. Ginsburg David Kirkpatrick |
Producers | Nick Gillott Galina Tuchinsky |
Production locations | Budapest, Hungary St. Petersburg, Russia |
Cinematography | Elemér Ragályi |
Editors | Seth Flaum Dan Rae |
Running time | 100 min. |
Production companies | HBO Pictures Rysher / Citadel Entertainment |
Original release | |
Network | HBO |
Release | March 23, 1996 |
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Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny is a 1996 biographical historical drama television film which chronicles the last four years (1912–16) of Grigori Rasputin's stint as a healer to Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia; the heir apparent to the Russian throne as well as the only son of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna; who suffered from hemophilia. The film is narrated in the first person by Alexei.