Il caso Rasputin - La trappola

Overview

December 1916: four conspirators set a trap in a princely palace in St. Petersburg. Cyanide pastries for a guru who has managed to gain the trust of the Tsarina and is trying to influence the course of the war. Venerated and hated, Rasputin was the protagonist of one of the most incredible rises to the halls of power. This is also a controversial and ambiguous story, at the beginning of the twentieth century, just before the Russian Revolution and the First World War. The Romanovs, the last Tsars, weak and prey to a Siberian peasant, loved not only by Tsarina Alexandra, but also by the Russian people. All killed: the Romanovs by the Bolsheviks who seize power and Rasputin by a conspiracy of nobles who feel in danger. This story has also inspired countless books and films.

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