I Killed Rasputin () is a 1967 Italo-Franco biographical film directed by Robert Hossein. Gert Fröbe stars as the main subject, Grigori Rasputin. It is based on the work Lost Splendor by Felix Yusupov, a nobleman and participant in the murder of Rasputin. The script was approved by Yusupov and he also agreed to appear in the film. In the introductory interview of the film, Yusupov demonstrated that his loathing for Rasputin remained undiminished. Filming began at the Billancourt Studios in Paris in December 1966. The film opened the 1967 Cannes Film Festival and later that year was released theatrically in France on 3 May. Plot Grigori Rasputin becomes a fixture of Russia's Imperial Court after saving the life of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, the haemophiliac heir to the throne. However as war breaks out, Rasputin's enemies see him as a cause and plot fatal revenge against the Russian mystic. Cast Gert Fröbe as Grigori Rasputin Peter McEnery as Felix Yusupov Robert Hossein as Serge Hukhotin Geraldine Chaplin as Mounia Golovine Ivan Desny as Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia Roger Pigaut as Vladimir Purishkevich Princess Ira von Fürstenberg as Irina Yusupova Patrick Balkany as Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia Nicolas Vogel as Dr. Lazovert France Delahalle as Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia Katia Tchenko as A follower of Rasputin References External links 1967 films French biographical drama films Italian biographical drama films 1960s biographical drama films Films about assassinations Films set in Russia Films set in the 1900s Films set in the 1910s Films about Grigori Rasputin 1960s historical drama films French historical drama films Italian historical drama films Films shot at Billancourt Studios Films directed by Robert Hossein 1960s Italian films 1960s French films