''Rasputin'' () is a 1954 French-Italian

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directed by

Georges Combret Georges Combret (1906–1998) was a French film director, film producer, producer and screenwriter. Biography Born as Maurice Antonin Georges Combret in 1906, he would start work in the Automotive industry, automobile industry. After the World ...

and starring

Pierre Brasseur Pierre Brasseur (; 22 December 1905 – 16 August 1972), born Pierre-Albert Espinasse, was a French actor. Biography The son of actors Georges Espinasse and Germaine Brasseur was an actor as well. The family tradition of using the name ''Br ...

Isa Miranda Isa Miranda (born Ines Isabella Sampietro; 5 July 1905 – 8 July 1982) was an Italian actress with an international film career. Biography Miranda was born Ines Isabella Sampietro in Milan, the daughter of a street car conductor. When she was ...

and

Renée Faure Renée Faure (born Reneé Paule Nanine Faure; November 4, 1918 – May 2, 2005) was a French stage and film actress. Early life Renée Faure was born Reneé Paule Nanine Faure on November 4, 1918, in Paris, France. Her father was René Fau ...

.Caldiron & Hochkofler p.146 It portrays the rise and fall of the Russian priest and courtier

Grigori Rasputin Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin ( – ) was a Russian Mysticism, mystic and faith healer. He is best known for having befriended the imperial family of Nicholas II of Russia, Nicholas II, the last Emperor of all the Russias, Emperor of Russia, th ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

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Jean Douarinou.

Plot

The muzhik Rasputin becomes the favorite of the court of the Tsar of Russia after curing the Tsar's son. He seduced the tsarina, he is accused of witchcraft, and a plot is organized.

Cast

as Gregory Iefimovich Raspoutine *

as La tsarine Alexandra *

as Véra * Milly Vitale as Laura * Jacques Berthier as Le prince Félix Youssoupoff / Youry * Claude Laydu as Héliodore *

Denise Grey Denise Grey (born Édouardine Verthuy; 17 September 1896 – 13 January 1996) was an Italian-born actress who became a naturalized French citizen. Biography Édouardine Grey was born in Châtillon in the Aosta Valley of north-west Italy, close ...

as La princesse Dikvona * Micheline Francey as Anna Pracova *

Robert Berri Robert Berri (16 December 1912 – 22 November 1989) was a French film actor. He appeared in 100 films between 1937 and 1979. Selected filmography References External links * 1912 births 1989 deaths French male film actors Male ...

as Le capitaine Soukoff *

Jean Wall Jean Wall (31 December 1900 – 24 October 1959) was a French stage actor, stage and film actor.Goble p. 306 He also directed two films. Partial filmography * ''La vagabonde'' (1932) – Le peintre Adolphe Taillandy * ''Chair ardente'' (1932) � ...

as L'archimandrite Breham * Raphaël Patorni as Le ministre Stumerof * Michel Etcheverry as Pourlchkevitch * Bruno Balp * Nadine Bellaigue *

Charles Bouillaud Charles Bouillaud (11 May 1904 – 12 June 1965) was a French actor. Selected filmography {{DEFAULTSORT:Bouillaud, Charles 1904 births 1965 deaths French male stage actors French male film actors French male television actors 20th-cen ...

as L'industriel Posinoff *

Maria Grazia Buccella Maria Grazia Buccella (born August 15, 1940) is an Italian actress, glamour model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Italia 1959 and represented her country at Miss Universe 1959. Career Buccella won the Miss Trento, Miss Ve ...

* Robert Burnier as Le tsar Nicolas II * Pierre Cosson *

Germaine Delbat Germaine may refer to: People Given name *Germaine Arnaktauyok (born 1946), Inuk printmaker, painter, and drawer * Germaine Benoit (1901–1983), French chemical engineer * Germaine Cousin (1579–1601), French saint * Germaine Greer (born 1939), ...

as La concierge *

Cécile Didier Cécile Didier (1888–1975) was a French stage actor, stage and film actress.Ball p.130 Selected filmography * ''Sister of Mercy (film), Sister of Mercy'' (1929) * ''His Other Love'' (1934) * ''Rasputin (1938 film), Rasputin'' (1938) * ''Hopes ( ...

as La nourrice * Ky Duyen as Le pédicure * Cécile Eddy *

Richard Flagey Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and ...

as Dimitri * Suzanne Grey as L'employée aux bains *

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as Le docteur * Anne Laurent * Robert Lombard as Boris Goulief * Jean-Claude Maurice * Alexandre Mihalesco * René Pascal * Roland Piguet *

Sacha Pitoëff Sacha Pitoëff (born Alexandre Pitoëff; 11 March 1920 – 21 July 1990) was a Swiss-born French actor and stage director. Early life and education Pitoëff was born in Geneva, Switzerland, on 11 March 1920, the son of Russian-born parents ...

as Le chef de la police * Roger Saget as La basse * Jean Thielment as Le garçon de bains * Jacques Todescano *

Hélène Vallier Hélène Vallier (2 February 1932 – 1 August 1988) was a French film, stage and television actress.Marill p.294 She was born Militza de Poliakoff-Baïdaroff in Paris to an exiled White Russian family, and was the sister of actresses Odile Vers ...

as Une infirmière * Jany Vallières as Une dame

References

Bibliography

Orio Caldiron Orio Caldiron (24 September 1938 – 28 March 2025) was an Italian film critic, film historian and academic. Life and career Caldiron graduated in philosophy from the University of Padua. He is best known for the book ''Il cinema italiano negl ...

& Matilde Hochkofler. ''Isa Miranda''. Gremese Editore, 1978.

External links

* 1954 films 1950s historical drama films French historical drama films Italian historical drama films 1950s French-language films Films directed by Georges Combret Films set in the 1910s Films set in Russia Films about Grigori Rasputin Cultural depictions of Nicholas II of Russia Biographical films about Russian royalty 1950s Italian films 1950s French films {{1950s-Italy-film-stub