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.

• Compania Generale Cinematografica
• Les Films Copernic
• Gert Fröbe
• Peter McEnery
• Robert Hossein
• Geraldine Chaplin
• Ivan Desny
• Ira von Fürstenberg
• Roger Pigaut
• Nicolas Vogel