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St. Petersburg, Russia, December 30th, 1916. Grigori Rasputin is assassinated. The story of the humble peasant who became the most influential adviser to czarina Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of the last czar, Nicholas II Romanov.
Directed by Eva Gerberding

Mechthild Großmann
Herself - Narrator (voice)

Laurence Huot-Solovieff
Herself - Descendant

Boris Kolonitsky
Himself - Historian

Sergei Mironenko
Himself - Historian

Olga Utotschkina
Herself - Historian

Marie Turquois-Bowman
Herself - Writer

Florian Langer
Himself - Physician

Alexei Larionov
Himself - Art Historian

Yulia Pashkovskaya
Herself - Hotel Manager

Natalia Saizeva
Herself - Historian

Czar Nicholas II of Russia
Himself (archive footage)

Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna
Herself (archive footage)
The Mausoleum
1999