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		2011	80	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	07.07.1929		91	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	111
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	29.02.1928		93	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 Apr 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		4 Jan 2021	88	8
Tsarina	Renee Asherson	50	19 May 1915		30 Oct 2014	99	1
Tsarvitch	Robert Duncan	10	Jan 1956	01.01.1956		65	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