When conventional medicine fails to cure Tsarina Alexandra's dying son, Prince Alexei, she calls in her trusted friend Rasputin, an eccentric monk with political ambitions on his mind and devious schemes up his sleeve. Mysteriously, Rasputin's mystical treatments revive the little... [More]

When conventional medicine fails to cure Tsarina Alexandra's dying son, Prince Alexei, she calls in her trusted friend Rasputin, an eccentric monk with political ambitions on his mind and devious schemes up his sleeve. Mysteriously, Rasputin's mystical treatments revive the little Prince, who suffers from hemophilia. But under the holy man's care, the regal lad is distant and strange -- a puppet bewitched by the monk's hypnotic spell. Now that Rasputin has the royal family in the palm of his hand, the entire Romanov Dynasty will kneel at his feet. [Less]