Rasputin, Demon with Women
Rasputin, Demon with Women (German: Rasputin, Dämon der Frauen) is a 1932 German drama film directed by Adolf Trotz and starring Conrad Veidt, Paul Otto and Hermine Sterler.[1]
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| German | Rasputin, Dämon der Frauen |
| Directed by | Adolf Trotz |
| Written by | Osip Dymov Adolf Lantz Conrad Linz |
| Produced by | Ludwig Gottschalk |
| Starring | Conrad Veidt Paul Otto Hermine Sterler |
| Cinematography | Curt Courant |
| Edited by | Geza Pollatschik |
| Music by | Wladimir Metzl Fritz Wenneis |
Production company | Gottschalk Tonfilm |
| Distributed by | Union-Film |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
It portrays the influence wielded by Grigori Rasputin over the Russian Royal Family around the time of the First World War. It was released the same year as an American film about him Rasputin and the Empress.
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gustav A. Knauer and Walter Reimann.
Cast
- Conrad Veidt as Grigori Rasputin
- Paul Otto as Czar Nikolaus II. Romanow
- Hermine Sterler as Czarina Alexandra
- Kenneth Rive as Czarewitch Alyosha
- Alexandra Sorina as Hofdame Wyrubowa
- Karl Ludwig Diehl as Prince Jussupoff
- Ida Perry as Count Ignatieff
- Charlotte Ander as Musja Suschkowa
- Elza Temary as Nina, the spy
- Brigitte Horney as Lusha
- Bernhard Goetzke as Lusha's father - builder
- Franziska Kinz as Dunya
- Marian Chevalier as aristocrat
- Heinrich Heilinger as Petroff - Government Official
- Edith Meinhard as Petroff's wife
- Magnus Stifter as Bischof von Tobolsk
- Ernst Reicher as Home Secretary
- Werner Hollmann as Chief of Police
- Theo Shall as Lieutenant Suschkoff
- Friedrich Gnaß as Derewenko
- Paul Henckels as Pureschkewich - representative
- Alexander Murski as Wachtmeister
References
- Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York, NY: Berghahn Books. p. 75. ISBN 1571816550. JSTOR j.ctt1x76dm6.
Bibliography
- Klaus, Ulrich J. Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1932. Klaus-Archiv, 1988.
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