Rasputin and the Empress

The year after the all-star Grand Hotel, brothers John and Lionel Barrymore teamed again in Rasputin and the Empress. Joining them in a sumptuous and stirring tale about the often-called Mad Monk who held a powerful ' perhaps hypnotic ' sway over World War I-era Russian royalty was the third member of the American stage's Royal Family: Ethel Barrymore, making this the lone feature with all three thespian siblings. Intercut with footage from the actual era, the film burns with intrigue, betrayal, rivalry and the renowned trio's talents. Lionel has the plum role of Rasputin, seething with ambition and rage. I will be Russia! He proclaims. History shows he would not. But this movie shows he would not be forgotten.

Director: Richard Boleslavsky
Director: Richard Boleslawski
Producer: Bernard Hyman
Actor: John Barrymore
Actor: Ethel Barrymore
Actor: Lionel Barrymore
Actor: Ralph Morgan
Actor: Diana Wynyard
Actor: Sarah Padden
Actor: Dawn O'Day
Actor: Henry Kolker
Actor: Gustav von Seyffertitz
Actor: Anne Shirley
Actor: Tad Alexander
Actor: C. Henry Gordon
Actor: Edward Arnold
Actor: Jean Parker
Actor: Purnell Pratt
Actor: Louise Closser Hale
Actor: Dale Fuller
Actor: Brandon Hurst
Actor: Nigel de Brulier
Actor: Frank Leigh
Actor: Otto Lederer
Actor: Clarence Wilson
Actor: Max Barwyn
Actor: Charlotte Henry
Actor: Eily Malyon
Actor: Carey Harrison
Actor: Emile Chautard
Actor: Mary Alden
Actor: Evelyn Selbie
Actor: Ruth Renick
Actor: Robert Anderson
Actor: Robert Cain
Actor: Frank Reicher
Actor: George Irving
Actor: Oscar Apfel
Actor: Jean del Val
Actor: Clay Clement
Actor: Reginald Barlow