I killed Rasputin

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Movie
German title I killed Rasputin
Original title J'ai tué raspoutine
Country of production France , Italy
original language French
Publishing year 1967
length 102 (German version), 135 (French version) minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Robert Hossein
script Alain Decaux
Claude Desailly
Robert Hossein
production Raymond Danon
music André Hossein
camera Henri Persin
cut Jacqueline Thiédot
occupation

and as Rasputin's followers and playmates Muriel Blain , Béatrice Costantini , Cosette Blanche , Nicole Debonne , Annie-France Delahaye , Katia Tchenko , Giska Ladewig , Nathalie Lubkov , Milarka Nervi , Viviane Landford , Clo Vanesco

I killed Rasputin is a 1966 French-Italian historical drama directed by Robert Hossein , which also played a central supporting role. The Rasputin murderer Yusopov played Peter McEnery . Gert Fröbe took on the role of the Russian farmer, monk and alleged “miracle healer” . The story is based on the memories of Yusopov.

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The film recalls the events that led to the murder of the Siberian peasant Rasputin by some high-ranking aristocrats during the First World War, who was venerated as a miracle healer by the last Russian Tsarina Alexandra . As an introduction at the beginning of the plot, the now aged head of the anti-Rasputin conspirator, Felix Jussupow , who has lived in exile in Paris since 1920, explains his motives for the bloody act, which he justified here a few months before his own death. He also advised the writers on the creation of the script.

Saint Petersburg in 1916. After the rescue of the life of the heir of the monarchy, the Tsarevich Alexei , who at hemophilia suffer (hemophilia) by Grigori Rasputin , whose influence is growing to the royal family and especially to the Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna , their gratitude as loving mother reaches immeasurably. Rasputin becomes an integral part of the court and accordingly asserts special rights for himself. He drinks and hurts and indulges in wild feasts and orgies, while the common people starve and the Russian troops on the western front withdraw more and more from those of the German Emperor Wilhelm II.

The real Rasputin killer Prince Yusupov (1914)

The enemies of Rasputin, especially the young and stormy prince Yusupov, no longer want to watch the tsar's court being influenced by a rude, foul peasant from Siberia. With some of his allies, he forges a plan how Rasputin can be eliminated. But this proves to be extremely difficult. Rasputin is affable but not stupid, and he has a physical constitution that makes him seem almost invincible. Yusupov invites the innocent Rasputin to his palace, where the attempted murder ends in slaughter. The attempt to first poison the "miracle healer" and monk fails, as does to strike him down with several revolver shots. Only after further harassment did Rasputin die shortly before the end of 1916 - too late to save the monarchy and save Russia from defeat by the German Reich.

The real Rasputin, around 1916

Production notes

I killed Rasputin was created 50 years after the historical events shown and was premiered in Paris on May 3, 1967. The German premiere took place on July 28, 1967. The German version has been shortened by over half an hour compared to the very epic French version.

The video was released under the title Donner über St. Petersburg .

Ralph Baum took over the production management, Maurice Jacquin the production management. The film structures are by Léon Barsacq , the costumes by Jacques Fonteray.

Reviews

The film was almost always badly discussed. Here are a few examples:

"Boring illustrated history lesson that actually manages to obscure the real motives behind the murder."

- Monthly Film Bulletin

In the lexicon of the international film it says: "Hossein's boring and pathetic film follows the memoirs of Prince Jussupoff ... Instead of illuminating the social background, the direction is completely stuck on the outside."

Leonard Maltin found that the film was on the one hand "well structured" and on the other hand told a "cumbersome story". Maltin said of the main actor: "Frobe is just terrible."

“Boring version of an often told story. One of the great international films that obviously weren't shown anywhere. "

- Leslie Halliwell : Halliwell's Film Guide, Seventh Edition, New York 1989, p. 497

literature

  • Maurice Bessy, Raymond Chirat, André Bernard: Histoire du cinéma français. Encyclopédie des Films 1966–1970. (with photos for each film) Éditions Pygmalion, Paris 1992, ISBN 2-85704-379-1 , p. 185.

Individual evidence

  1. I killed Rasputin. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 1, 2019 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  2. ^ Leonard Maltin: Movie & Video Guide, 1996 edition, p. 619

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