Top billed cast

1. 

   John Barrymore

   Prince Paul Chegodieff

2. 

   Ethel Barrymore

   Czarina Alexandra

3. 

   Lionel Barrymore

   Grigori Rasputin

4. 

   Ralph Morgan

   Czar Nicholas II

5. 

   Tad Alexander

   The Czarevitch

6. 

   Diana Wynyard

   Princess Natasha

7. 

   C. Henry Gordon

   Grand Duke Igor

8. 

   Edward Arnold

   Doctor Remezov

9. 

   Henry Armetta

   Photographer (uncredited)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-07-18

Keep it in the family was never better exemplified in a film than here with no less than three of the Barrymore clan taking on one of these historical stories that is ideal for folks with a fertile imagination. Ralph Morgan is the Czar who is married to Alexandra (Ethel) and with whom he has but the one son. The young Czarevitch (Tad Alexander) is suspected of being an haemophiliac and devoid of help from the best that medical science can provide at the start of the twentieth century, they turn their minds to the religious. That’s because the enigmatic priest Rasputin (Lionel) has obtained f...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• mind control
• corruption
• influence
• faith
• poison
• mystic
• manipulation
• czar / tsar / tzar
• royal family
• downfall
• royal court
• pre-code
• hypnotism
• russian history
• imperial russia
• hemophilia
• murder plot
• cleric
• romanov dinasty