Rasputin (French: La Tragédie impériale) is a 1938 French historical film directed by Marcel L'Herbier and starring Harry Baur, Marcelle Chantal and Pierre Richard-Willm.[1] It depicts the rise and fall of the Russian mystic Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin, the advisor to the Romanov royal family. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Guy de Gastyne.

Rasputin
Directed byMarcel L'Herbier
Written by
Produced byMax Glass
Starring
CinematographyPhilippe Agostini
Michel Kelber
Edited byRaymond Leboursier
Music byDarius Milhaud
Production
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Distributed byComptoir Français du Film
Release date
  • 28 January 1938 (1938-01-28)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

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References

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  1. ^ Kennedy-Karpat p.204

Bibliography

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  • Kennedy-Karpat, Colleen. Rogues, Romance, and Exoticism in French Cinema of the 1930s. Fairleigh Dickinson, 2013.
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