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50% Tomatometer 6 Reviews 52% Audience Score 100+ Ratings Desperate to cure her hemophiliac son, Czarina Alexandra (Ethel Barrymore) resorts to seeking out the services of mystic healer Grigori...
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Rasputin and the Empress is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Richard Boleslawski and written by Charles MacArthur. Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), the film is set in Imperial Russia and stars the Barrymore siblings (John, as Prince Chegodieff; Ethel, as Czarina Alexandra; and Lionel Barrymore, as Grigori Rasputin). It is the ...
Rasputin and the Empress: Directed by Richard Boleslawski, Charles Brabin. With Ethel Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Ralph Morgan, Tad Alexander. A prince plots to kill the mad monk Rasputin for the good of the czar, the czarina and Russia.
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- Richard Boleslawski, Charles Brabin
- 1933-03-24
Second, it is a reasonable portrayal, with facts and fiction, of the last years of the Russian czars and the infamous Rasputin. And, third, the film production is excellent. The acting by the entire cast is first rate. The sets capture the splendor of the place and the turmoil of the time.
Mar 8, 2015 · The young Czarevetch ( Tad Alexander) is discovered to be a hemophiliac, and, as he lay bleeding to death in the bed, is approached by a monk named Rasputin ( Lionel Barrymore) with promises of hope that no doctor can believe. He cures the boy, but crafts a strange hold on him at the same time.
May 23, 2013 · rasputin and the empress When Barrymore Is So Much Less... Rasputin and the Empress is unique in film history in that it is the only film where all three Barrymore siblings (John, Lionel, and Ethel) ever appeared in film together.
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Boleslawksi's lavish production of this historical melodrama is best known today as the only film that all three Barrymores (John, Ethel and Lionel) made together. Full Review | Original Score: B...