Rasputin and the Empress
"Beautiful girls who came to pray! Caught in the web of debauched Rasputin, whose crafty mind toppled a throne!"
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"Beautiful girls who came to pray! Caught in the web of debauched Rasputin, whose crafty mind toppled a throne!"
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John Barrymore
Prince Paul Chegodieff
Ethel Barrymore
Czarina Alexandra
Lionel Barrymore
Grigori Rasputin
Ralph Morgan
Czar Nicholas II
Tad Alexander
The Czarevitch
Diana Wynyard
Princess Natasha
C. Henry Gordon
Grand Duke Igor
Edward Arnold
Doctor Remezov
Henry Armetta
Photographer (uncredited)
Mischa Auer
Butler Pouring Drinks at Party (uncredited)
Louise Closser Hale
Lazy Spoiled Woman (uncredited)
Nigel De Brulier
Priest (uncredited)