'' 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 , Yussupov demonstrated that his loathing for Rasputin remained undiminished . Filming began at the Boulogne Studio 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
1967 Cannes Film Festival
1967 Cannes Film Festival
I Killed Rasputin