Rasputin, the Black Monk

Rasputin, the Black Monk
Advertisement in Moving Picture World , 1917
Directed by	Arthur Ashley
Produced by	William A. Brady
Starring	Montagu Love June Elvidge Julia Dean
Production company	World Film Company
Distributed by	World Film Company
Release date	October 5, 1917 (1917-10-05)
Running time	8 reels
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Henry Hull in the film

Rasputin, the Black Monk is a lost ^[1] 1917 American silent drama film directed by Arthur Ashley and starring Montagu Love. It was produced and distributed by World Film Company. ^[2]

Cast

• Montagu Love as Gregory Novik/Rasputin
• Henry Hull as Kerensky
• June Elvidge as Inez, Raff's wife
• Arthur Ashley as Raff
• Violet Axzelle as Ilda, as a child (*as Violet Axzell)
• Lillian Cook as Ilda, Raff's daughter - as an adult
• Bertram Grassby as Alexus
• Irving Cummings as Prince Felix
• Julia Dean as Madame Vasta, Lady in Waiting
• Pinna Nesbit as Princess Sonia
• Hubert Wilke as Czar Andre
• Florence Beresford as Czarina Katherine
• Charles Crompton as Paulus
• Frank Beamish as Choynski, Russian Secret Service
• Joseph Granby as Mikula Dvorkin, leader of Duma

References

1. The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Rasputing, The Black Monk
2. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993:Rasputin, The Black Monk

External links

• Rasputin, The Black Monk at IMDb.com