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* GlassesPull: Boris, who has been dragged along as Rasputin's somewhat grudging minion, does a GlassesPull after Rasputin uses his hypno powers to tell Sonia to kill himself. He promptly quits Rasputin's service.
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* GlassesPull: Boris, who has been dragged along as Rasputin's somewhat grudging minion, does a GlassesPull pulls off his glasses after Rasputin uses his hypno hypnotic powers to tell Sonia to kill himself. He promptly quits Rasputin's service.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The whole opening section of the film is a bunch of these for Rasputin. He barges into a tavern wanting alcohol. He hears that the barkeep's wife is dying, so he heals her by laying on of hands. He celebrates by drinking an ocean of wine and then seducing a bar girl. He then slices off her boyfriend's hand with a scythe when the boyfriend tries to intervene, then tries to rape the girl, the mood having been ruined. His character is firmly dramatized.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The whole opening section of the film is a bunch of these for Rasputin. He barges into a tavern wanting alcohol. He hears that the barkeep's wife is dying, so he heals cures her by laying on of hands.with his HealingHands. He celebrates by drinking an ocean of wine and then seducing a bar girl. He then slices off her boyfriend's hand with a scythe when the boyfriend tries to intervene, then tries to rape the girl, the mood having been ruined. His character is firmly dramatized.
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* FictionalizedDeathAccount: It turns out that Yusupov's RealLife account of Rasputin's death was itself factionalized, as they actually simply shot him three times and threw him in the river, no poisoned cakes and wine. But the RasputinianDeath was [[DatedHistory long believed]] to be how it went down. This movie fictionalizes that story further, having Rasputin kill one of his assassins after recovering from the poison, and then dying from being flung out of a window, rather than shot.
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* FictionalizedDeathAccount: It turns out that Yusupov's RealLife account of Rasputin's death was itself factionalized, as they actually simply shot him three times and threw him in the river, no poisoned cakes and wine. But However, the RasputinianDeath was [[DatedHistory long believed]] to be how it went down. This movie fictionalizes that story further, having Rasputin kill one of his assassins after recovering from the poison, and then dying from being flung out of a window, rather than shot.
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* DressHitsFloor: First Sonia's winter cloak hits the floor, then her dress hits the floor, and she's down to ToplessnessFromTheBack in Rasputin's arms when he breaks the embrace to draw the curtains.
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* SlummingIt: How Rasputin makes his way into the Romanov court. He first meets Sonia when she, and some of her fellow court people, go to a dive bar where Rasputin is winning a drinking contest.
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* IllGirl: Ill boy, in the case of Alexis. Rasputin manages to make him feel better by laying on of hands.
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It's about, uh, UsefulNotes/RasputinTheMadMonk, aka [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigori_Rasputin Grigori Rasputin]]. In this version Rasputin (Christopher Lee) is a hard-drinking, hard-partying mystic Russian peasant who seems to have some sort of faith-healing power, as shown in the opening sequence where he heals an innkeeper's wife who is dying of fever. Rasputin gets in some trouble with the local authorities after trying to rape a girl (and slicing off her boyfriend's hand in the ensuing fight), so he heads off for St. Petersburg, capital of UsefulNotes/TsaristRussia.
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It's about, uh, UsefulNotes/RasputinTheMadMonk, UsefulNotes/GrigoriRasputin aka [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigori_Rasputin Grigori Rasputin]]. "the Mad Monk". In this version Rasputin (Christopher Lee) (Creator/ChristopherLee) is a hard-drinking, hard-partying mystic Russian peasant who seems to have some sort of faith-healing power, as shown in the opening sequence where he heals an innkeeper's wife who is dying of fever. Rasputin gets in some trouble with the local authorities after trying to rape a girl (and slicing off her boyfriend's hand in the ensuing fight), so he heads off for St. Petersburg, capital of UsefulNotes/TsaristRussia.
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He's also got the power of hypnosis, which serves him well when he meets one Sonia (Barbara Shelley), lady-in-waiting to Tsarina Alexandra. Sonia is usually busy taking care of Tsarevich Alexei, heir to the throne, who suffers from hemophilia. Rasputin, who is quite evil, uses his hypno powers on Sonia to get her to cause Alexei to have an accident. Then Sonia recommends a healer she just happens to know, one Grigori Rasputin. In this way Rasputin gains entrance into the royal court, and control over the emperor's wife.
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He's also got the power of hypnosis, which serves him well when he meets one Sonia (Barbara Shelley), (Creator/BarbaraShelley), lady-in-waiting to Tsarina Alexandra. Sonia is usually busy taking care of Tsarevich Alexei, heir to the throne, who suffers from hemophilia. Rasputin, who is quite evil, uses his hypno powers on Sonia to get her to cause Alexei to have an accident. Then Sonia recommends a healer she just happens to know, one Grigori Rasputin. In this way Rasputin gains entrance into the royal court, and control over the emperor's wife.
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Bears little resemblance to the real story of Rasputin. The character of Sonia is entirely fictional, as is her brother Peter. Ivan the aristocrat is loosely based on Rasputin's real murderer, Prince Felix Yusupov (he lures Rasputin to his doom with an offer of sex with Ivan's sister, while the real Yusupov seems to have lured Rasputin with an offer of sex with Felix's wife.)
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Bears little resemblance to the real story of Rasputin. The character of Sonia is entirely fictional, as is her brother Peter. Ivan the aristocrat is loosely based on Rasputin's real murderer, Prince Felix Yusupov (he lures Rasputin to his doom with an offer of sex with Ivan's sister, while the real Yusupov seems to have lured Rasputin with an offer the prospect of sex with Felix's meeting his beautiful young wife.)
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It's about, uh, UsefulNotes/RasputinTheMadMonk, aka [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigori_Rasputin Grigory Rasputin]]. In this version Rasputin (Christopher Lee) is a hard-drinking, hard-partying mystic Russian peasant who seems to have some sort of faith-healing power, as shown in the opening sequence where he heals an innkeeper's wife who is dying of fever. Rasputin gets in some trouble with the local authorities after trying to rape a girl (and slicing off her boyfriend's hand in the ensuing fight), so he heads off for St. Petersburg, capital of UsefulNotes/TsaristRussia.
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It's about, uh, UsefulNotes/RasputinTheMadMonk, aka [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigori_Rasputin Grigory Grigori Rasputin]]. In this version Rasputin (Christopher Lee) is a hard-drinking, hard-partying mystic Russian peasant who seems to have some sort of faith-healing power, as shown in the opening sequence where he heals an innkeeper's wife who is dying of fever. Rasputin gets in some trouble with the local authorities after trying to rape a girl (and slicing off her boyfriend's hand in the ensuing fight), so he heads off for St. Petersburg, capital of UsefulNotes/TsaristRussia.
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* HypnotEyes: The real Rasputin was known for his piercing stare (it comes through big time in [[https://invisiblemikey.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/rasputin.jpg contemporary photographs.]]). In this movie his stare is upgraded to a hypnotic weapon which he uses to bend people to his will. He hypnotizes both Sonia and Alexandra in this way, by staring at them.
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* HypnotEyes: HypnoticEyes: The real Rasputin was known for his piercing stare (it comes through big time in [[https://invisiblemikey.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/rasputin.jpg contemporary photographs.]]). In this movie his stare is upgraded to a hypnotic weapon which he uses to bend people to his will. He hypnotizes both Sonia and Alexandra in this way, by staring at them.
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* AlcoholHic: Sonia the lightweight aristocrat, who usually only sips champagne in a genteel manner, does this after she does a vodka shot in a peasant bar.
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* AsYouKnow: Sonia and Peter's relationship is established when she says "you're the sweetest brother in the world" to him at a ball.
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* DrinkingGame: How Rasputin and Boris meet, when Rasputin drinks Boris under the table and then carries him back to Boris's apartment. It's not altruistic, as Rasputin proceeds to take the apartment over.
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* HealingHands: Despite being super-evil, Rasputin apparently does have this power, as shown in the opening sequence where he heals a woman who's on death's door from fever.
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* KneelBeforeZod: Rasputin, who has already started to put the hypno-whammy on Sonia, demonstrates his dominance over her when he makes her kneel, after she comes by to apologize.
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* ToplessnessFromTheBack: A little {{Fanservice}} from Barbara Shelley as Rasputin takes off her clothes before tossing her onto the bed.
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* FictionalizedDeathAccount: It turns out that Yusupov's RealLife account of Rasputin's death was itself factionalized, as they actually simply shot him three times and threw him in the river, no poisoned cakes and wine. But the RasputinianDeath was [[DatedHistory long believed]] to be how it went down. This movie fictionalizes that story further, having Rasputin kill one of his assassins after recovering from the poison, and then dying from being flung out of a window, rather than shot.
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* AnswerCut: When the Tsarina says she wants to meet Rasputin, he tells the messenger that they can't possibly meet in Boris's shabby room. He suggests they meet "somewhere suitable". Cut to the grand, lavish dacha in the country that Alexandra has given to Rasputin for a home.
* ChekhovsGun: As Sonia and Rasputin are tussling in Boris's lab, they nearly knock over a beaker. Boris says "Look out, that's acid!" Sure enough, the beaker of acid comes into play later, when Rasputin throws it in the face of Peter.
* ChekhovsGun: As Sonia and Rasputin are tussling in Boris's lab, they nearly knock over a beaker. Boris says "Look out, that's acid!" Sure enough, the beaker of acid comes into play later, when Rasputin throws it in the face of Peter.
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* DrowningMySorrows: Peter and Boris are doing this at the same bar after the same time, Peter in despair because his sister is Rasputin's sex toy, Boris because he's quit Rasputin's service after seeing just how evil he is. They begin plotting together.
* FaceFramedInShadow: Rasputin is framed this way in the scene in the darkened dacha where Peter is looking for him. The lights don't come on until after Rasputin has thrown acid in Peter's face.
* ForDoomTheBellTolls: The church bells are ringing slowly and ominously while Alexei lies on his sickbed, seemingly near death. This is contrasted with joyful chiming bells after Rasputin heals him.
* GlassesPull: Boris, who has been dragged along as Rasputin's somewhat grudging minion, does a GlassesPull after Rasputin uses his hypno powers to tell Sonia to kill himself. He promptly quits Rasputin's service.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Fewer than you'd think. Specifically, only Rasputin, the Tsarina Alexandra, and the Tsarevich Alexei. We don't see the tsar, we don't see Alexei's sisters, and all of Rasputin's associates are fictional characters.
* HypnoFool: Rasputin has begun to find Sonia boring, so he hypnotizes her and tells her she will kill herself. And she does.
* HypnotEyes: The real Rasputin was known for his piercing stare (it comes through big time in [[https://invisiblemikey.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/rasputin.jpg contemporary photographs.]]). In this movie his stare is upgraded to a hypnotic weapon which he uses to bend people to his will. He hypnotizes both Sonia and Alexandra in this way, by staring at them.
* IdiotBall: What does Boris do after Sonia leaves, having been hypnotized to kill herself? Nothing. What does he do when seeing her brother Peter drunk in a bar shortly thereafter? Nothing. It's only after Peter, Boris, and Ivan are plotting the murder of Rasputin that Boris mentions offhandedly that Sonia was hypno'd to commit suicide. Peter goes home and finds out that she has in fact killed herself.
* IllGirl: Ill boy, in the case of Alexis. Rasputin manages to make him feel better by laying on of hands.
* IllKillYou: Sonia is hopelessly under Rasputin's spell but he's grown bored with her, and cruelly rejects her. She screams "I'll kill you!" several times as she flails at him.
* NoodleIncident: Boris, Rasputin's sidekick, is a former doctor who was struck off the medical register due to a "scandal". Was he performing abortions? Having sex with his patients? Was he DrFeelgood? The movie doesn't say.
* FaceFramedInShadow: Rasputin is framed this way in the scene in the darkened dacha where Peter is looking for him. The lights don't come on until after Rasputin has thrown acid in Peter's face.
* ForDoomTheBellTolls: The church bells are ringing slowly and ominously while Alexei lies on his sickbed, seemingly near death. This is contrasted with joyful chiming bells after Rasputin heals him.
* GlassesPull: Boris, who has been dragged along as Rasputin's somewhat grudging minion, does a GlassesPull after Rasputin uses his hypno powers to tell Sonia to kill himself. He promptly quits Rasputin's service.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Fewer than you'd think. Specifically, only Rasputin, the Tsarina Alexandra, and the Tsarevich Alexei. We don't see the tsar, we don't see Alexei's sisters, and all of Rasputin's associates are fictional characters.
* HypnoFool: Rasputin has begun to find Sonia boring, so he hypnotizes her and tells her she will kill herself. And she does.
* HypnotEyes: The real Rasputin was known for his piercing stare (it comes through big time in [[https://invisiblemikey.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/rasputin.jpg contemporary photographs.]]). In this movie his stare is upgraded to a hypnotic weapon which he uses to bend people to his will. He hypnotizes both Sonia and Alexandra in this way, by staring at them.
* IdiotBall: What does Boris do after Sonia leaves, having been hypnotized to kill herself? Nothing. What does he do when seeing her brother Peter drunk in a bar shortly thereafter? Nothing. It's only after Peter, Boris, and Ivan are plotting the murder of Rasputin that Boris mentions offhandedly that Sonia was hypno'd to commit suicide. Peter goes home and finds out that she has in fact killed herself.
* IllGirl: Ill boy, in the case of Alexis. Rasputin manages to make him feel better by laying on of hands.
* IllKillYou: Sonia is hopelessly under Rasputin's spell but he's grown bored with her, and cruelly rejects her. She screams "I'll kill you!" several times as she flails at him.
* NoodleIncident: Boris, Rasputin's sidekick, is a former doctor who was struck off the medical register due to a "scandal". Was he performing abortions? Having sex with his patients? Was he DrFeelgood? The movie doesn't say.
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* ThatRussianSquatDance: Peter attempts it in a bar, but 1) he's an aristocrat and 2) he's drunk. He holds onto a chair to support himself but falls over anyway.
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: In the climactic fight Rasputin kills Boris by flinging a dagger, which sticks in Rasputin's back.
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: In the climactic fight Rasputin kills Boris by flinging a dagger, which sticks in Rasputin's back.
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''Rasputin the Mad Monk'' is a 1966 film directed by Don Sharp, starring Creator/ChristopherLee. It was released by [[Creator/HammerHorror Hammer Film Productions]].
It's about, uh, UsefulNotes/RasputinTheMadMonk, aka [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigori_Rasputin Grigory Rasputin]]. In this version Rasputin (Christopher Lee) is a hard-drinking, hard-partying mystic Russian peasant who seems to have some sort of faith-healing power, as shown in the opening sequence where he heals an innkeeper's wife who is dying of fever. Rasputin gets in some trouble with the local authorities after trying to rape a girl (and slicing off her boyfriend's hand in the ensuing fight), so he heads off for St. Petersburg, capital of UsefulNotes/TsaristRussia.
He's also got the power of hypnosis, which serves him well when he meets one Sonia (Barbara Shelley), lady-in-waiting to Tsarina Alexandra. Sonia is usually busy taking care of Tsarevich Alexei, heir to the throne, who suffers from hemophilia. Rasputin, who is quite evil, uses his hypno powers on Sonia to get her to cause Alexei to have an accident. Then Sonia recommends a healer she just happens to know, one Grigori Rasputin. In this way Rasputin gains entrance into the royal court, and control over the emperor's wife.
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* DisneyVillainDeath: Rasputin finally dies when Ivan flings him out of a high window.
* RasputinianDeath: Oddly, in this version, they don't shoot him. After the poisoned wine and candy doesn't work, Boris and Ivan fight with Rasputin, with Ivan eventually chucking the mad monk out a window to his death.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Bears little resemblance to the real story of Rasputin. The character of Sonia is entirely fictional, as is her brother Peter. Ivan the aristocrat is loosely based on Rasputin's real murderer, Prince Felix Yusupov (he lures Rasputin to his doom with an offer of sex with Ivan's sister, while the real Yusupov seems to have lured Rasputin with an offer of sex with Felix's wife.)
It's about, uh, UsefulNotes/RasputinTheMadMonk, aka [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grigori_Rasputin Grigory Rasputin]]. In this version Rasputin (Christopher Lee) is a hard-drinking, hard-partying mystic Russian peasant who seems to have some sort of faith-healing power, as shown in the opening sequence where he heals an innkeeper's wife who is dying of fever. Rasputin gets in some trouble with the local authorities after trying to rape a girl (and slicing off her boyfriend's hand in the ensuing fight), so he heads off for St. Petersburg, capital of UsefulNotes/TsaristRussia.
He's also got the power of hypnosis, which serves him well when he meets one Sonia (Barbara Shelley), lady-in-waiting to Tsarina Alexandra. Sonia is usually busy taking care of Tsarevich Alexei, heir to the throne, who suffers from hemophilia. Rasputin, who is quite evil, uses his hypno powers on Sonia to get her to cause Alexei to have an accident. Then Sonia recommends a healer she just happens to know, one Grigori Rasputin. In this way Rasputin gains entrance into the royal court, and control over the emperor's wife.
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* DisneyVillainDeath: Rasputin finally dies when Ivan flings him out of a high window.
* RasputinianDeath: Oddly, in this version, they don't shoot him. After the poisoned wine and candy doesn't work, Boris and Ivan fight with Rasputin, with Ivan eventually chucking the mad monk out a window to his death.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Bears little resemblance to the real story of Rasputin. The character of Sonia is entirely fictional, as is her brother Peter. Ivan the aristocrat is loosely based on Rasputin's real murderer, Prince Felix Yusupov (he lures Rasputin to his doom with an offer of sex with Ivan's sister, while the real Yusupov seems to have lured Rasputin with an offer of sex with Felix's wife.)
