Rasputin and the Empress

Rasputin and the Empress is a 1932 film about Imperial Russia starring the Barrymore siblings John, as Prince Chegodieff Ethel, as Czarina Alexandra and Lionel Barrymore, as Grigori Rasputin. It is the only film in which all three siblings appear together.

The impetus to making the film was Thalbergs discovery that the studio already owned the rights to Alfred Klabunds 1927 novel Rasputin. In June 1932 MGM had announced that the three Barrymores would star in the movie.The story takes place in the Russian Empire during the last years of the reign of Czar Nicholas II Ralph Morgan and the Czarina Alexandra Ethel Barrymore. Reformminded Prince Paul John Barrymore has long been concerned about the plight of the common people and knows a revolution is brewing. Prince Alexei, heir to the throne, is loved by the people but has hemophilia, and a slight fall turns out to be lifethreatening. When royal physician Dr. Remezov Edward Arnold is powerless to stop the boys bleeding, Princess Natasha Diana Wynyard, Alexandras ladyinwaiting and Pauls fiancee, recommends Rasputin Lionel Barrymore as a healer. He convinces the frantic Empress that he has been sent by God to cure the child. Left alone with Alexei, he hypnotizes the boy and relieves his agony but also gradually makes Alexei a slave to his will. ........

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