Rasputin (1928 film)

Rasputin, The Prince of Sinners
Rasputin, The Prince of Sinners
	Theatrical film poster
German	Dornenweg einer Fürstin
Directed by	Nikolai Larin; Boris Nevolin
Written by	Boris Nevolin; Nikolai Neboli; Irvin Shapiro;
Starring	Vladimir Gajdarov; Suzanne Delmas; Ernst Rückert;
Cinematography	Emil Schünemann
Production; companies	Memento Film-Fabrik; Vertrieb
Distributed by	Süd film
Release date	12 November 1928;
Running time	87 minutes
Countries	Germany; Soviet Union
Languages	Silent; German intertitles

Rasputin, The Prince of Sinners^[1] (German: Dornenweg einer Fürstin), or simply Rasputin, is a 1928 German-Soviet drama film co-directed by Nikolai Larin and Boris Nevolin and starring Vladimir Gajdarov, Suzanne Delmas and Ernst Rückert.^[2] The film's poster showed the tagline "rysslands onda ande", which translates as "Russia's Evil Spirit". It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by Carl Ludwig Kirmse. This film is sometimes confused with another 1928 German silent film made about Rasputin called Rasputin, the Holy Sinner.^[1]

This being the only known German-Russian co-production ever done about Rasputin, the filmmakers were able to shoot the film at or near the historical places where the real life incidents portrayed actually occurred. In 1928, Russian authorities were interested in showing Rasputin as the monster he really was, rather than try to elicit sympathy for the character. He is depicted as a sexually promiscuous alcoholic with abhorrent manners, similar to the manner in which Hammer Films later portrayed him in their 1966 Christopher Lee film, Rasputin the Mad Monk.

Cast

Gregori Chmara as Rasputin
Vladimir Gajdarov as Alexander Kolossov
Suzanne Delmas as Ludmilla Vorontsov
Ernst Rückert as Leonid Vorontsov
Fritz Alberti as Prince Vorontsov, Reichtsrats-Mitglied
Hedwig Wangel as Princess Vorontsov
Mary Kid as Tatiana Oblonskaya
Hans Albers as Sergej Ordinsky, diplomat
Anton Pointner as Peter Avdeev
Günther Hadank as Radlow
Lidiya Tridenskaya as Anissja, the cook
Oreste Baldini as Mitensohn
David Monko as Sokolsky - secretary
Karl Platen as Sawely, the servant

References

^ ^a ^b Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era. Midnight Marquee Press. p. 330. ISBN 1936168685.
^ Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York, NY: Berghahn Books. p. 8. ISBN 1571816550. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6.

External links

Rasputin at IMDb

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[Tome-1] Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era. Midnight Marquee Press. p. 330. ISBN 1936168685.

[2] Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York, NY: Berghahn Books. p. 8. ISBN 1571816550. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6.

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v t e Grigori Rasputin in popular culture
Films	The Fall of the Romanoffs (1917) Rasputin, the Holy Sinner (1928) Rasputin (1928) Rasputin, Demon with Women (1932) Rasputin and the Empress (1932) Wake Up the Gypsy in Me (1933) Rasputin (1938) Rasputin (1954) The Night They Killed Rasputin (1960) Rasputin the Mad Monk (1966) I Killed Rasputin (1967) Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) Harlequin (1980) Agony (1975/1981) Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny (1996) Anastasia (1997) Hellboy (2004) Rasputin (2011) Anastasia: Once Upon a Time (2020) The King's Man (2021)
Comics	Colossus Magik Mikhail Rasputin Grigori Rasputin (Hellboy)
Video games	World Heroes series Shadow Hearts: Covenant Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army
Other media	"Rasputin" (song) The Wages of Sin (novel) Rasputin – Miracles Lie in the Eye of the Beholder (album) Raimuiro Senkitan (anime) Drifters (manga) "The Power of the Doctor" (television special)