Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny (1996) CasTaN + ro_sub

Biography | Drama | History | russia | surname as title | good versus evil |
child execution | russian revolution

HBO biopic about the infamous "mad monk" Rasputin from the court of Tsar Nicholas in Russia.

Storyline

In 1910s Russia, Tsar Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra find their son Alexei, sole heir to
the Romanov dynasty, suffering from hemophelia and conventional medicine failing to help him.
Alexandra looks into finding holistic treatment and finds Father Grigori Rasputin, a destitute
monk who claims he had a vision from the Virgin Mary telling him that the Tsar needed him.
Though Nicholas and the royal doctor are both skeptical of Rasputin's alleged healing abilities,
young Alexei quickly bonds with the charleton/prophet, so he remains in the Royal Court. But
Rasputin's constant boozing and womanizing angers the aristocracy and worsens the already unstable
tensions between Nicholas and his subjects. With the seeds of revolution brewing, it becomes
increasingly apparent that a bad end awaits for the entire Royal Family. Written by Ronos

Taglines: He Was A Magician. A Madman. A Savior And Seducer....

Grigori Rasputin is one of history's most colourful and bizarre figures, and Alan Rickman,
who stars in this HBO film of his life as part of a largely English cast, is one of the few
actors with the charisma to play him.

film language is english
romanian subtitles are available