Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny
Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny ★★★ 1996 (R)
Charismatic Russian peasant/mystic Grigori Rasputin (a mesmerizing Rickman), having received a vision of the Virgin Mary, comes to St. Petersburg in order to relieve the suffering of young hemophiliac, Prince Alexei (Findlay). Tsarina Alexandra (Scacchi) approves of anyone who can help her stricken son while Tsar Nicholas II (McKellen) tentatively agrees to accept the selfproclaimed holy man into the Russian court. Fine performances and beautiful photography. Filmed in St. Petersburg. 120m/C VHS . Alan Rickman, Ian McKellen, Greta Scacchi, Freddie Findlay, David Warner, John Wood, James Frain, Diana Quick, Ian Hogg, Peter Jeffrey, Ian McDiarmid, Julian Curry; D: Uli Edel; W: Peter Bruce; C: Elemer Ragalyi; M: Brad Fiedel. CABLE
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