Rasputin, The Mad Monk – 1966

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
Storyline
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…..
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Crew
Function | Credited | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | |
Art Director | Don Mingaye | 37 | 1929 | 8 Nov 2017 | 88 | 25 | |
Assistant Director | Bert Batt | 35 | 25 Apr 1930 | 6 Nov 2011 | 81 | 13 | |
Camera Operator | Cece Cooney | 59 | 11 Sep 1906 | 1 Sep 1993 | 86 | 5 | |
Continuity | Lorna Selwyn | 58 | 1908 | 2002 | 94 | 4 | |
Directed by | Don Sharp | 44 | 19 Apr 1921 | 14 Dec 2011 | 90 | 4 | |
Director of Photography | Michael Reed | 36 | 7 Jul 1929 | 92 | 5 | ||
Editor | Roy Hyde | 45 | 15 Feb 1920 | 28 Jun 1985 | 65 | 30 | |
Hair Stylist | Frieda Steiger | 28 | |||||
Make-up | Roy Ashton | 56 | 16 Apr 1909 | 10 Jan 1995 | 85 | 36 | |
Music Composed by | Don Banks | 42 | 25 Oct 1923 | 5 Sep 1980 | 56 | 9 | |
Musical Supervisor | Philip Martell | 58 | 6 Oct 1907 | 11 Aug 1993 | 85 | 103 | |
Produced by | Anthony Nelson-Keys | 54 | 13 Nov 1911 | 19 Mar 1985 | 73 | 41 | |
Production Designer | Bernard Robinson | 53 | 28 Jul 1912 | 2 Mar 1970 | 57 | 46 | |
Production Manager | Ross Mackenzie | 3 | |||||
Screenplay by | Anthony Hinds (John Elder) | 43 | 18 Sep 1922 | 30 Sep 2013 | 91 | 84 | |
Sound Editor | Roy Baker | 38 | 1 Jul 1927 | 1 Feb 2011 | 83 | 29 | |
Sound Recordist | Ken Rawkins | 48 | 1918 | 1971 | 53 | 18 | |
Supervising Editor | James Needs | 46 | 17 Oct 1919 | 4 Feb 2003 | 83 | 110 | |
Wardrobe | Rosemary Burrows | 36 |
Cast
Character | Actor | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Appearances | |
Abbot | John Welsh | 51 | 7 Nov 1914 | 21 Apr 1985 | 70 | 5 | |
Bishop | Joss Ackland | 37 | 29 Feb 1928 | 94 | 2 | ||
Court Physician | John Bailey | 53 | 26 Jun 1912 | 11 Feb 1989 | 76 | 5 | |
Dr Zargo | Richard Pasco | 39 | 18 Jul 1926 | 12 Nov 2014 | 88 | 4 | |
Innkeeper | Derek Francis | 42 | 7 Nov 1923 | 27 Mar 1984 | 60 | 3 | |
Ivan | Francis Matthews | 38 | 2 Sep 1927 | 14 Jun 2014 | 86 | 4 | |
Patron | Alan Tilvern | 47 | 5 Nov 1918 | 17 Dec 2003 | 85 | 1 | |
Peter | Dinsdale Landen | 33 | 4 Sep 1932 | 29 Dec 2003 | 71 | 1 | |
Rasputin | Christopher Lee | 43 | 27 May 1922 | 7 Jun 2015 | 93 | 22 | |
Sonia | Barbara Shelley | 33 | 13 Feb 1932 | 3 Jan 2021 | 88 | 8 | |
Tsarina | Renee Asherson | 50 | 19 May 1915 | 30 Oct 2014 | 99 | 1 | |
Tsarvitch | Robert Duncan | 10 | Jan 1956 | 66 | 1 | ||
Vanessa | Suzan Farmer | 23 | 16 Jun 1942 | 17 Sep 2017 | 75 | 4 | |
Waggonner | Bartlett Mullins | 61 | 13 Aug 1904 | 15 May 1992 | 87 | 2 |
Production
FILMING BEGAN | 13 September 1965 | |
UK RELEASE | 6 March 1966 | |
STUDIO | Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England | Re-using many of the sets from Dracula, Prince of Darkness |
LOCATION | Black Park Lake, Black Park, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England |
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.
Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection