Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny
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Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny
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| Distributed by | HBO |
| Directed by | Uli Edel |
| Produced by | Nick Gillott David R. Ginsburg David Kirkpatrick Galina Tuchinsky |
| Written by | Peter Pruce |
| Starring | Alan Rickman Greta Scacchi Ian McKellen |
| Music by | Brad Fiedel |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Release date | March 23, 1996 |
| Running time | 135 minutes |
Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny is a biographical 1996 TV film which chronicles the last four years (1912–16) of Grigori Rasputin's stint as a healer to Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich–the heir apparent to the Russian throne as well as the only son of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna–who suffered from haemophilia. The film is narrated in the first person by Alexei.
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Chronological errors
Russian Prime Minister Pyotr Stolypin is shown to have been killed in 1913, on the occasion of the Romanov dynasty's Tercentenary celebration, and just prior to the outbreak of World War I, while he was actually killed in 1911.
Awards
Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny won a Golden Globe for Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture made for TV. Alan Rickman, starring as Rasputin, won an Emmy (along with Greta Scacchi playing Tsarina Alexandra) and a Golden Globe for his work in this movie. Ian McKellen, playing Tsar Nicholas II, won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor, and was nominated an Emmy for Best Supporting Actor.
Cast
- Alan Rickman - Grigori Rasputin
- Greta Scacchi - Tsarina Alexandra
- Ian McKellen - Tsar Nicholas II
- Freddie Finlay - Tsarevich Alexei
- David Warner - Dr. Botkin
- John Wood - Prime Minister Stolypin
- James Frain - Prince Felix Yusupov
- Ian Hogg - Purishkevich
- Sheila Ruskin - Princess Marisa
- Peter Jeffrey - Bishop Hermogones
- Freddie Findlay - Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia
- Julian Curry - Dr. Lazovert
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