| Rasputin, the Mad Monk | |
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 Original French film poster | |
| Directed by | Don Sharp |
| Written by | Anthony Hinds |
| Produced by | Anthony Nelson Keys |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Michael Reed |
| Edited by | Roy Hyde |
| Music by | Don Banks |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Warner-Pathé Distributors |
Release date |
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Running time | 91 min. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £100,000 (approx)[1] |
Rasputin the Mad Monk is a 1966 Hammer horror film directed by Don Sharp and starring Christopher Lee, Barbara Shelley, Francis Matthews, Suzan Farmer, Richard Pasco, Dinsdale Landen and Renée Asherson.[2]
It is the largely fictionalized story of Grigori Rasputin, the Russian peasant-mystic who gained great influence with the Tsars prior to the Russian Revolution, although some of the events leading up to Rasputin's assassination are very loosely based on Prince Yusupov's account of the story. For legal reasons (Yusupov was still alive when the film was released), the character of Yusupov was replaced by Ivan (Matthews).[citation needed]
The emphasis is on Rasputin's terrifying powers both to work magic and to seduce women.
- ^ Marcus Hearn & Alan Barnes, The Hammer Story: The Authorised History of Hammer Films, Titan Books, 2007 p. 96
- ^ "Rasputin the Mad Monk". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 16 August 2024.