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title: 'The Night They Killed Rasputin (1960)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Pierre Chenal'
released: '1960-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 88
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-night-they-killed-rasputin-1960'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0122195/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Night They Killed Rasputin (1960)

1960 · 88 min · Drama, History · France, Italy

Original title: Les nuits de Raspoutine

## Synopsis

The Night They Killed Rasputin, also known as Nights of Rasputin, is a 1960 Italian-French historical adventure film co-written and directed by Pierre Chenal, and starring Edmund Purdom and Gianna Maria Canale.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Pierre Chenal](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-chenal)
- **Screenplay:** [Pierre Chenal](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-chenal)
- **Director of Photography:** [Bitto Albertini](https://cinepixo.com/people/bitto-albertini)
- **Editor:** [Eraldo Da Roma](https://cinepixo.com/people/eraldo-da-roma)

## Cast

- [Gianna Maria Canale](https://cinepixo.com/people/gianna-maria-canale) as Alexandra Feodorovna
- [John Drew Barrymore](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-drew-barrymore) as Felix Yusupov
- [Livio Lorenzon](https://cinepixo.com/people/livio-lorenzon)
- [Enrico Glori](https://cinepixo.com/people/enrico-glori)
- [Giulia Rubini](https://cinepixo.com/people/giulia-rubini)
- [Jole Fierro](https://cinepixo.com/people/jole-fierro)
- [Jany Clair](https://cinepixo.com/people/jany-clair) as Princess Irina Felixovna Yusupova, 9th Princess Yusupov
- [Yvette Lebon](https://cinepixo.com/people/yvette-lebon)
- [Feodor Chaliapin Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/feodor-chaliapin-jr)
- [Miranda Campa](https://cinepixo.com/people/miranda-campa)
- [Ivo Garrani](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivo-garrani)
- [Liana Del Balzo](https://cinepixo.com/people/liana-del-balzo)
- [Piero Palermini](https://cinepixo.com/people/piero-palermini)
- [Edmund Purdom](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmund-purdom) as Grigori Rasputin
- [Ugo Sasso](https://cinepixo.com/people/ugo-sasso) as Nicholas II of Russia

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