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The Night They Killed Rasputin (1960)

The Night They Killed Rasputin poster
Original title
L’ultimo zar
Directed by
Pierre Chenal
Genre
drama film, biographical film
Country
France, Italy
Runtime
1h 28m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A biopic about the life and assassination of Grigori Rasputin. It follows the mystic's influence over the Russian royal family and the conspiracy to kill him.

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What happens

The Night They Killed Rasputin (Italian: L'ultimo zar, French: Les nuits de Raspoutine), also known as Nights of Rasputin, is a 1960 Italian-French historical adventure film co-written and directed by Pierre Chenal, and starring Edmund Purdom and Gianna Maria Canale. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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