The Night They Killed Rasputin

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The Night They Killed Rasputin
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Directed by Pierre Chenal
Written by
Starring
Cinematography Adalberto Albertini
Edited by Eraldo Da Roma
Antonietta Zita
Music by Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
Release date
  • 1960 (1960)
Language Italian

The Night They Killed Rasputin (Italian : L'ultimo zar, French : Les nuits de Raspoutine), 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. [1]

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References

  1. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia; Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 1992. ISBN   8884405033.