Rasputin: Murder in the Tsar's Court

The story

St. Petersburg, Russia, December 30th, 1916. Grigori Rasputin is assassinated. The story of the humble peasant who became the most influential adviser to czarina Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of the last czar, Nicholas II Romanov.

Cast & crew

Mechthild GroßmannHerself - Narrator (voice)

Laurence Huot-Solovieff

Laurence Huot-SolovieffHerself - Descendant

Boris Kolonitsky

Boris KolonitskyHimself - Historian

Sergei Mironenko

Sergei MironenkoHimself - Historian

Olga Utotschkina

Olga UtotschkinaHerself - Historian

Marie Turquois-Bowman

Marie Turquois-BowmanHerself - Writer

Florian Langer

Florian LangerHimself - Physician

Alexei Larionov

Alexei LarionovHimself - Art Historian

Yulia Pashkovskaya

Yulia PashkovskayaHerself - Hotel Manager

Natalia Saizeva

Natalia SaizevaHerself - Historian

Czar Nicholas II of RussiaHimself (archive footage)

Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna

Czarina Alexandra FeodorovnaHerself (archive footage)