In imperial Russia, Rasputin is meant to be living the secluded, spiritual life of a monk. But he is in reality a debauched and depraved womaniser, a man with powers of healing and hypnotism, which, after he has hacked a man’s hand off and attempted to rape a young woman, his religious superiors think must have come from the Devil. Determined to use his powers to further himself, he heads for St Petersburg and, thanks to the help he elicits from Sonia, a lady-in-waiting, he soon finds himself in a position of influence over the Tsarina herself. But, Rasputin still has powerful enemies…..
Production Details
A Hammer Film production presented by Associated British Productions Limited and released through Warner-Pathe Distributors Limited (UK) and Twentieth Century-Fox (US)
Copyright MCMlXVl Hammer Film Productions Ltd, – All rights reserved
MPAA Approved Certificate
No living person is portrayed or referred to in this film
RCA Sound Recording
Produced at Bray Studios, England
CinemaScope
Technicolor 91 mins
Filming Began: 13th September 1965
UK Release: 6th March 1966
Studio:
Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire (Re-using many of the sets from Dracula, Prince of Darkness)
Location:
Black Park Lake, Black Park, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire
Stills from film
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Cast & Crew
Red = Uncredited
Crew | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | Uncredited | Total Hammer | |
Art Director | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/don-mingaye/# | 37 | 1929 | 8 Nov 2017 | 88 | 28 | 15 | 43 | |
Assistant Director | Bert Batt | 35 | 25 Apr 1930 | 6 Nov 2011 | 81 | 13 | 13 | ||
Camera Operator | Cece Cooney | 59 | 11 Sep 1906 | Sep 1993 | 86 | 5 | 5 | ||
Clapper / Loader | Jerry Sandler | 19 | Dec 1946 | 01.12.1946 | 77 | 3 | 3 | ||
Clapper Loader | Christopher Neame | 23 | 24 Dec 1942 | 12 Jun 2011 | 15 | 9 | 24 | ||
Continuity | Lorna Selwyn | 58 | 1908 | 12.09.2002 | 94 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
Director | Don Sharpe | 44 | 19 Apr 1921 | 14 Dec 2011 | 90 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
Director of Photography | Michael Reed | 36 | 7 Jul 1929 | 15 Dec 2022 | 93 | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
Editor | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/roy-hyde/# | 46 | 15 Feb 1920 | 28 Jun 1985 | 65 | 30 | 1 | 31 | |
Fight Arranger | Peter Diamond | 36 | 10 Aug 1929 | 27 Mar 2004 | 74 | 4 | 25 | 29 | |
First Camera Assistant | Mike Rutter | 31 | 1935 | 6 Mar 2021 | 86 | 3 | 3 | ||
Hair Stylist | Frieda Steiger | 62 | 29 Dec 1903 | 19 Aug 1993 | 89 | 28 | 28 | ||
Make-up | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/roy-ashton/# | 56 | 16 Apr 1909 | 10 Jan 1995 | 85 | 36 | 4 | 40 | |
Music Composer | Don Banks | 42 | 25 Oct 1923 | 5 Sep 1980 | 56 | 9 | 9 | ||
Musical Supervisor | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/philip-martell/# | 58 | 6 Oct 1907 | 11 Aug 1993 | 85 | 104 | 1 | 105 | |
Producer | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/anthony-nelson-keys/# | 54 | 13 Nov 1911 | 19 Mar 1985 | 73 | 41 | 41 | ||
Production Designer | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/bernard-robinson/# | 53 | 28 Jul 1912 | 2 Mar 1970 | 57 | 45 | 4 | 49 | |
Production Manager | Ross MacKenzie | 6 | 6 | ||||||
Screenplay as John Elder | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/anthony-hinds/# | 43 | 18 Sep 1922 | 30 Sep 2013 | 91 | 88 | 1 | 89 | |
Second Assistant Director | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/hugh-harlow/# | 26 | 17 Jun 1939 | 17.06.1939 | 85 | 5 | 33 | 38 | |
Sound Editor | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/roy-baker/# | 38 | Jul 1927 | Feb 2011 | 83 | 29 | 1 | 30 | |
Sound Recordist | Ken Rawkins | 48 | 1 Jan 1918 | 1971 | 53 | 18 | 18 | ||
Stand-in: Miss Shelly | Mary Maxfield | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Stand-in: Mr Lee | Norman Symonds | 45 | 23 Dec 1920 | 20 Aug 1998 | 77 | 1 | 1 | ||
Stand-in: Mr Pasco | Robert Souter | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Supervising Editor | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/james-needs/# | 46 | 17 Oct 1919 | 4 Feb 2003 | 83 | 110 | 1 | 111 | |
Wardrobe | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/rosemary-burrows/# | 36 | 5 | 41 | |||||
Wardrobe Assistant | Brenda Dabbs | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Cast | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | Uncredited | Total Hammer | |
Abbot | John Welsh | 51 | 7 Nov 1914 | 21 Apr 1985 | 70 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
Ann, Innkeepers Wife | Mary Quinn | 41 | 22 Mar 1924 | 13 Jul 2003 | 79 | 1 | 1 | ||
Bar Patron | Eric Kent | 28 | 16 Jul 1937 | 5 Dec 2012 | 75 | 6 | 6 | ||
Bar Patron | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/maxwell-craig/# | 7 | 7 | ||||||
Bar Patron / Bar Patron with a Beard | Emille Stemmler | 55 | 1911 | 2001 | 6 | 6 | |||
Bartender | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/ernie-rice/# | 69 | 17 Nov 1896 | 1979 | 82 | 7 | 7 | ||
Bin Man / Bar Drunk | Robert Rowland | 38 | 1 Feb 1928 | 20 Aug 2010 | 82 | 1 | 1 | ||
Bishop | Joss Ackland | 38 | 29 Feb 1928 | 19 Nov 2023 | 95 | 2 | 2 | ||
Chatty Woman | Prudence Hyman | 52 | 2 Feb 1914 | 1 Jun 1995 | 81 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Cheeky Man | Les White | 32 | 1934 | 20 Jul 2009 | 75 | 1 | 1 | ||
Court Messenger | Jeremy Young | 32 | 1934 | 9 Apr 2022 | 88 | 1 | 1 | ||
Court Physician | John Bailey | 53 | 26 Jun 1912 | 11 Feb 1989 | 76 | 4 | 4 | ||
Dancer | Jay McGrath | 2009 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Dancer | Robert McClennan | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Doctor | Michael Godfrey | 47 | 20 Aug 1918 | 9 Sep 1977 | 59 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Dr Zargo | Richard Pasco | 39 | 18 Jul 1926 | 12 Nov 2014 | 88 | 4 | 4 | ||
Fat Lady | Celia Ryder | 37 | 14 Sep 1928 | 16 Dec 2012 | 84 | 1 | 1 | ||
First Tart | Helen Christie | 51 | 22 Oct 1914 | 17 Aug 1995 | 80 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Foxy Face | Cyril Shaps | 42 | 13 Oct 1923 | 1 Jan 2003 | 79 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Gossip | Bridget McConnell | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Innkeeper | Derek Francis | 42 | 7 Nov 1923 | 27 Mar 1984 | 60 | 3 | 3 | ||
Ivan | Francis Matthews | 38 | 2 Sep 1927 | 14 Jun 2014 | 86 | 4 | 4 | ||
Michael | Michael Cadman | 23 | 12 May 1942 | 12.05.1942 | 82 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Onlooker | Marusa Elias | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Patron | Alan Tilvern | 47 | 5 Nov 1918 | 17 Dec 2003 | 85 | 1 | 1 | ||
Peter | Dinsdale Landen | 33 | 4 Sep 1932 | 29 Dec 2003 | 71 | 1 | 1 | ||
Rasputin | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/sir-christopher-lee/# | 43 | 27 May 1922 | 7 Jun 2015 | 93 | 22 | 22 | ||
Second Tart | Maggie Wright | 22 | 23 Jan 1944 | 23.01.1944 | 80 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Sonia | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/barbara-shelley/# | 34 | 13 Feb 1932 | 3 Jan 2021 | 88 | 9 | 9 | ||
Superior Lady | Mary Barclay | 49 | 20 Jul 1916 | 19 Feb 2008 | 91 | 1 | 1 | ||
Tania | Fiona Hartford | 22 | 31 Jan 1944 | 31.01.1944 | 80 | 1 | 1 | ||
Tsarina | Renee Asherson | 50 | 19 May 1915 | 30 Oct 2014 | 99 | 1 | 1 | ||
Tsarvitch | Robert Duncan | 10 | 1956 | 01.01.1956 | 68 | 1 | 1 | ||
Vanessa | Suzan Farmer | 23 | 16 Jun 1942 | 17 Sep 2017 | 75 | 4 | 4 | ||
Vasily | Bryan Marshall | 27 | 19 May 1938 | 25 Jun 2019 | 81 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Vassily`s Father | Brian Wilde | 38 | 13 Jun 1927 | 20 Mar 2008 | 80 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Waggoner (voice) | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/michael-ripper/# | 53 | 27 Jan 1913 | 28 Jun 2000 | 87 | 34 | 2 | 36 | |
Waggonner | Bartlett Mullins | 61 | 13 Aug 1904 | 15 May 1992 | 87 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Waiter | Jim O’Brady | 58 | 13 May 1907 | 1 Jan 1991 | 83 | 18 | 18 | ||
Wide Eyes | Lucy Fleming | 18 | 15 May 1947 | 15.05.1947 | 77 | 1 | 1 | ||
Young Girl | Veronica Nicholson | 1 | 1 |
Original Poster
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Footnotes
Although Michael Ripper is not seen in this film, his voice can nevertheless be heard. In the scene where Rasputin is on his way to St Petersburg, the voice of the uncredited actor (Bartlett Mullins) playing the part of the old peasant driving the cart has clearly been dubbed by that of Ripper.
Uncredited here, actor Brian Wilde went on to star in two BBC TV comedies – as Mr Barrowclough Porridge and Foggy in Last of the Summer Wine.
Uncredited here, actress Lucy Fleming is wife of actor Simon Williams and the niece of James Bond author Ian Fleming.