Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny
Rasputin Dark Servant of Destiny is a biographical 1996 TV film which chronicles the last four years 191216 of Grigori Rasputins stint as a healer to Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia the heir apparent to the Russian throne as well as the only son of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna who suffered from hemophilia. The film is narrated in the first person by Alexei.
1883 Western Siberia, a young Grigori Rasputin is asked by his father and a group of men to perform magic. Rasputin has a vision and denounces one of the men as a horse thief. Rasputin watches as the man is chased outside and beaten.Years later, Rasputin sees a vision of the Virgin Mary, prompting him to become a priest. Rasputin quickly becomes famous, with people, even a bishop, begging for his blessing. ........
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