Fascinating interview, despite it being the only one the couple ever did together its historic relevance is immense. What stuck me the most is even in her elderly age I can still see such a resemblance of Irina to that of her cousin, Tatiana. Especially when they were younger, the resemblance is striking. But here, watching her speak and move gives us a good idea of what Grand Duchess would have looked like had she survived into old age.
yes, this footage of Irina gives real insights into the behaviour and movement of her siblings - in families there are often similarities in this way - i never saw till recently how closely my speech and facial gestures were like those of my father.
Yes, I'm aware and understand the fundamentals of how a person can resemble family members due to their DNA. But my initial point was now that im now physically seeing Princess Irina's movements and behaviour on screen, the way she composed herself and the manner in which she spoke as opposed to photographs its as though by watching and listening to her here it breaths life into Tatiana, due to the their striking similarities they could've easily passed for sisters then cousins. So its just interesting comparing the two, and possibly seeing how Tatiana may have aged had she had the chance.
yes, i think the point we are making is very similar - beyond the DNA there are family gestures, patterns of stress and intonation in speech and so on - so that listening to one member of a family in a sense gives understanding of these things in another - gives life to them.
John Hall Exactly :) All in all, seeing and listening to Princess Irina brings some sense of comfort when remembering what happened to her immediate family members. Especially those she was closest to, as she was with Tatiana.
yes, indeed. i believe the Russian spoken at court varied somewhat for that spoken in other strata of society - i have Russian friends and it would be great to have heard Princess Irina in her native language and comment on this.
It has also been suggested that Dmitry Pavlovich, not Felix, was the one who shot Rasputin when he fled. It would have taken someone with good aim and experience to hit a moving target from a distance obscured by snow and darkness. Dmitry was a former soldier and Olympic athlete, and was likely the only conspirator capable of such a shot.
DuchessDiz - i've added the dialogue in the 'Notes' with this upload Interviewer: Prince Felix Yusupov, you killed Rasputin? Prince: Yes Interviewer: How old are you prince? Prince: Nearly eighty Interviewer: How old were you when you killed Rasputin? Prince: Twenty-nine Interviewer: Prince, are you part of the Imperial Russian family? Prince: No, but my wife is the niece of the Emperor Nicholas the Second Interviewer: Princess, were you aware of the plan of your husband? Princess: Yes, I was aware of it. Interviewer: And did you approve? Princess: Yes. Interviewer: Princess, we have said - we have repeated, that you had been in (unclear) Rasputin to his home the night of the murder? Is that true? Princess: It is not at all true. Interviewer: Why? Princess: Because I was not there, I was in Crimea. Interviewer: Prince, in the evening of your life, when you think about Rasputin again, what sentiment comes to you at the thought of him? Prince: Disgust. Interviewer: Did you have a personal interest in the murder of Rasputin? Prince: None. Interviewer: Prince, in identical circumstances, if you had to make the same decision, would you do again what you did then? Prince: Yes. Interviewer: All of your life you have refused to let anyone tell your story. The films that have been made about Rasputin have been made without your (approval). And now, for the first time you have authorized our film. And for the first time, you appear before the camera. Prince Yusupov, why? Prince: Because the other films did not tell the true story. Interviewer: The man who has just spoken to you, the man who killed Rasputin, that man will now revisit his memories.
@@JohnRaymondHall The unclear part in your translation is the "bait" or "lure" - l'appât. The interview is asking Irina whether (as the rumours indicate) she was the bait which brought Rasputin to the Yusopoff Palace. She denies this as she was in the Crimea at the time.
This man fired a shot that began the history of the twentieth century. This shot killed tens of millions of people. He changed the whole history of not only Russia, but the whole world. And we see this person in the video. Breathtaking
This man was wrong only by killing Rasputin too late. He was too late to save millions of people. The impact they've made - both him and Nicolas's wife, was irreversible at that point. Czar's wife was the biggest culprit of them all. She didnt just killed her family by the decision to stay in Russia but she dragged the whole country down with her. It was Nicholas's fault, her fault and Rasputin's fault.
You clearly are mistaken and have bought into Rasputin's myth. He is not responsible for millions of deaths that is such an exaggeration. The Czar and Czarina and their incompetence, weakness and fear led to their demise and the revolution.
@@roger1624 Rasputin was a German spy, read his daughter's memoirs. He did not plan to live in Russia, he wanted to escape to Palestine, but did not have time.
A very distinguished marriage with an incredible aristocratic bearing. They were extremely wealthy, and when they fled Russia in 1920 they were able to live comfortably in Paris thanks to sales of their Rembrandt paintings that hung on the walls of the Moika Palace, owned by the Yusupov family.
Also 2 incredibly famous expensive jewels , one was called the sultans , I cant remember the other , and handfuls of diamonds they got from there bowls on tables that they used for decor
Grand Duchess Olga(from OTMA) hated Felix for the murder of Rapustin. She agreed for Raputin to go away but she also thought that Felix was a coward for doing so and that it was unecessary to kill him in the manner that they did.
hi again Numberone filmfan thanks so much again for the translation - it was so kind of you to take the time for that original upload luckily i'd saved it to The Notes so i was able to add it here again :)
What an Magical life they had, just reading his book 'Lost Splendour' which is incredibly amusing and well written. So interesting to see them interviewed so many years later. Wish I spoke the beautiful French language to understand it though😂.
+John Hall Can I help you again ? In your translation, I can read : "Princess: Because I was not there, I was (unclear)". The last sentence is : "I was in Crimea"
+lefortv absolutely - i am very grateful for you taking the time to help - i've added 'in Crimea' to my notes here - obviously my hearing is not as good as yours - thanks again! cheers fro Sydney!
hi artdecochicgirl yes, quite a complex character - not a cardboard cut out of a Russian prince of the Romanov era isn't it wonderful to be able to hear him talking about such a moment event at such a turbulent time in Russian history. :)
Aw, thanks...just glad to help our friend John out a bit, though I think he could have done it as well were he less busy! :) Now when I relisten there are some turns of phrase that are clearer than they were the first time I tried, but in general it is what they said.
hi Numberone filmfan one of my real favourites and very hard not to re-post it quickly. i think my fascination it that it is history just speaking out loud. :)
hi Sima i didn't know there was more of the interview when i looked at the script it seemed complete - the beginning seemed to want nothing before and the end seemed to finish the interview intriguing that there's more! do you know about anything about what's missing?
It's shocking when you hear the voices of people who did something dark, and then you hear they have such little voices...kind of archaic sounding too!
The most elegant couple in history, and more famous in Europe and one of the richests and most impresives. He a Yusukov prince, the richests family in Imperial Russia and one of the richest in the world, she a Romanov grandaughter of a Tsar Nicholas I. Their elegance inspired Chanel.
Thanks for uploading this video. I know everyone keeps banging on about the Tsar and his immediate family, but Prince Felix is one of my favourite in that family. I find him to be a rather interesting character. His autobiography will make an interesting read. Of course their are various accounts regarding the killing of Rasputin, nevertheless it does not take away from the fact that Prince Felix was a rather interesting fellow.
hi Njoofene yes, i agree that the prince is an interesting character - the more central members of he and his wife's family are so over-exposed that they are in a sense less interesting. the assassination over-shadowed his life - when really it was all about other things the only biog i know is his 'Lost Splendour' - his auto-biography until 1919 do you know of anythings else? glad you liked this upload!
Это увлекательное интервью проводится на французском телевидении в 1967 году. Пара интервью являются князя Феликса Юсупова (1887-1967) и его жена княгиня Ирина Александровна (1895-1970), племяннице последнего царя России Николая Второго. Тема интервью является частью князем играл в убийстве в 1916 году преподобного Григория Распутина, вера целитель, казалось, под влиянием решений царя Николая II и Царицы Александры Федоровны. Убийство произошло в Мойке дворце семьи Юсуповых в Санкт-Петербурге, и участники были группой дворян, во главе с князем и великого князя Дмитрия Павловича, и правого политика Владимира Пуришкевича. Распутин был заманили во дворец с намеком, что принцесса будет присутствовать, хотя на самом деле она была в Крыму в то время. Существуют различные счета, что произошло дальше, с каким-то светоотражающие комментарий от своей дочери Марии, предметом отдельной загрузки на этом канале. Наиболее распространены и мифическая версия событий монах вел вниз к подвал, где была предпринята попытка убить его с цианидами-laiden пирожные и вино. Когда эта оказалась неудачной - или казалось, слишком длительное - он был застрелен несколько раз. Заговорщики затем налево, но князь Феликс Юсупов забыл свое пальто и вернулся в подвал, чтобы получить его. Распутин с трудом поднялся на ноги и попытался задушить принца. Остальные заговорщики, прибыв на место происшествия, выстрелил монах снова и, когда это не казалось совсем удачным, в конце концов дубинками его до смерти. Тело было затем бросили в реку Неву с моста на Крестовский остров. Это перевод на английский язык этого 1967 интервью на французском языке: Интервьюер: князь Феликс Юсупов, ты убил Распутина? Принц: Да Интервьюер: Сколько лет ты принц? Принц: Почти восемьдесят Интервьюер: Сколько вам было лет, когда ты убил Распутина? Принц: Двадцать девять Интервьюер: Принц, ты часть императорской русской семьи? Князь: Нет, но моя жена племянница императора Николая Второго Интервьюер: Принцесса, вы были осведомлены о плане вашего мужа? Принцесса: Да, я знал об этом. Интервьюер: А вы одобряете? Принцесса: Да. Интервьюер: Принцесса, мы уже говорили - мы повторили, что вы были в (неясного) Распутина к себе домой в ночь убийства? Это правда? Принцесса: Это не совсем верно. Интервьюер: Почему? Принцесса: Потому что я не был там, я был в Крыму. Интервьюер: Принц, вечером вашей жизни, когда вы снова думать о Распутине, какие чувства приходит к вам при мысли о нем? Принц: Отвращение. Интервьюер: Был ли у вас личный интерес в убийстве Распутина? Prince: Нет. Интервьюер: Принц, в одинаковых обстоятельствах, если вы должны были сделать то же самое решение, что вы делаете снова то, что вы сделали тогда? Принц: Да. Интервьюер: Все в вашей жизни вы отказались позволить никому рассказать свою историю. Пленки, которые были сделаны о Распутине были сделаны без вашего (утверждения). И теперь, в первый раз, когда вы уполномочили наш фильм. И в первый раз, вы оказываетесь перед камерой. Князь Юсупов, почему? Князь: Потому что другие фильмы не сказать истинную историю. Интервьюер: Человек, который только что говорил с вами, человек, который убил Распутина, что человек теперь будет вновь свои воспоминания.
sadly this is all the footage i know - it comes i believe from a French documentary - i have just found that this comes from a 1967 film which Yusupov approved of and appeared in 'J'ai tué Raspoutine' ('I Killed Rasputin') en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Killed_Rasputin
Felix and his co-conspirators very likely embellished the full story to make Rasputin seem more powerful and evil to justify killing him. Rasputin's own daughter said that her father had sworn of pastries and alcohol-so the story about poison was probably bunk. And even the shooting most likely was nowhere near as dramatic as Yusupov later claimed.
Rasputin was powerful. Historians say that his influence with the tsar and tsarina was one of the things that helped to bring down the aristocracy. And he was evil. His record with prostitutes and seducing young women was kept by the St. Petersburg police. His daughter was lying. He was a heavy drinker and eater of sweets up until his death. And it took three bullets to bring him down. Even then the autopsy showed that he died of drowning after the assassins threw him into the Neva River.
hi Daniel yes, it would seem much more likely that Dmitry Pavlovich as a soldier and athlete would have had the skill to fire accurately at night and over a distance i suspect that Felix Yusupov would have taken credit as an aristocratic privilege. thanks for that follow-up!
The interviewer is irritating intrusive doing most of the talking. Prince and Princess Yusupov answer expertly and to the point as if they were on the witness stand but without enumeration. Very circumspect. Princess Yusupov as always tongue tied and reticent looks uncomfortable but steadfastly backs her husband.
hi Catrina - i looked around when i researched this post, and again just now, but sadly can't locate the name of the interviewed - citing that it took place on French television in 1967 would give it some reference.
+larrydirtybird it was to make the film more accessible to the vast majority of my YT followers - in the same way that i added the English text in the 'Notes' which i attached to the video upload. my background is French, and i am a French speaker, so it was not a matter of any kind of Anglo cultural imperialism.
Sorry if I seemed hostile. Thank you for uploading this, it was fascinating to see and hear them in their old age. My French is pretty good, so I could understand it after watching it a few times to catch the words I had missed. I had no idea that there was a translation below! Is it possible to watch the entire interview?
+larrydirtybird my background is French and i spent time as a kid in Paris - but yes it was hard to catch some words as you say. this sadly is all i have of the interview - in fact i'm not sure whether or not here is more or this is the totality - it seems to begin with a beginning and end with an ending and i suspect this is all there is - but i am just guessing here. PS you didn't seem hostile at all - you were saying something rather sensible - i think i went for an English title under the belief it would reach more people - not sure if this logic works or not!
so English speakers (who form the large majority of people who come to my channel) will be able to successfully find this video when google searching using English words. my family is from France so i am not being Anglo-eccentric here.
hi tigerspirit1917 yes, i quite agree - there is a much bigger and more important story than his murder to be told here and that a monk should have inveigled his way into a position of such influence is really incredible.
this is all the footage i could find - it comes from a documentary. the way the interviewer thanks the Prince at the end suggests there is no more footage of him and his wife - only more of the documentary
Whether the legend of how he died is true or just a fish tale built up over the years... Rasputin remains a wild card in the whole story of the Russian Revolution. He had some kind of power to appear to treat hemophilia in an era where there was NO treatment or medicine. So while maybe it is a load of baloney of being poisoned, stabbed, shot, beaten and thrown in the river before he died... The fat is that his story does almost overshadow that of Lenin and the Tsar's.
hi Ed most definitely: www.google.com.au/search?q=Nicholas+Yusupov&biw=1446&bih=698&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=Co9GVIOgOtPx8gXZ44CQBA&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=w9Dg9W3kGM5XDM%253A%3BfC090BXiolX3SM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fi15.photobucket.com%252Falbums%252Fa388%252Fashanti01%252F_389_zpse2eb03ee.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fforum.alexanderpalace.org%252Findex.php%253Faction%253Dprintpage%253Btopic%253D725.0%3B300%3B450 :)
Rasputin had a huge influence on Tzarina Alexandra. And Tzar Nikolai was dependent on his wife's opinions. He was weak man, bad ruler. Prince Felix, same as everyone else at the Palace, thought of Rasputin as charlatan who was making statements that he "Influencing Tzar".
@@Lea-yb9gm Je me suis rendu compte que c'était mon opinion lorsque j'ai lu cette histoire. Si je ne me trompe pas, il était pratiquement un cousin de Nicolas II. Sa famille possédait beaucoup de terres en Russie et faisait le commerce de peaux d'animaux en échange d'argent. Après avoir comploté la mort de Raspoutine avec un autre politicien, Nicolas n'a pas pu le tuer parce qu'il était un noble de haut rang, et il a donc été expulsé du pays. Cet exil lui a sauvé la vie, car quelques années plus tard, la révolution communiste a eu lieu dans le pays, et les révolutionnaires ont tué tous les membres de la haute noblesse et tous ceux qui étaient liés d'une manière ou d'une autre à la famille royale russe. Il s'est ensuite exilé en Europe, a vécu pendant un certain temps en Angleterre, puis s'est installé en France, où il a travaillé comme vendeur de parfums et, après quelques décennies, la société pour laquelle il travaillait est devenue célèbre dans le monde entier sous le nom de Chanel. J'ai vu ici que certaines personnes liées à la famille royale et même des parents de Nicolas, du côté de son père et de sa mère, ont réussi à fuir la révolution communiste et que certains sont allés en Europe. Un membre de cette famille en est venu à soutenir ouvertement le nazisme, parce que cette personne, qui avait le sang de la famille royale, croyait que si le nazisme avait gagné la Seconde Guerre mondiale, Hitler reviendrait avec la monarchie russe. Et, selon la ligne de succession de la famille, cette personne aurait été le prochain roi si la monarchie était revenue, en supposant que le nazisme ait gagné la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Heureusement, l'histoire a été différente.
Felix's family was the richest family in Russia at that time. More than all Romanov put together. When Felix, his wife and baby were running away and finally reached France, they had no money. He and his wife opened a clothing boutique, and were making gorgeous gowns. But it's not Chanel. In reference of Hitler, he had plans for King Edward ( the one who was abdicated). I am not aware of his plans for Nikolai. But Kaiser surely loved that marriage between Nikolai and Aleksandra took place.
Yusupov's story was debunked in the 90s. They brought him to the basement, shot him twice, and as they were dragging his body to the car, he started groaning, so they dropped him, kicked him onto his back, and somebody shot him in the head, killing him instantly. The British were suspected of having a hand in it, as Rasputin was pressuring the tsar to pull Russia out of World War I (and Yusupov's chauffeur was a close friend of "C", the head of SSB, later MI6), but there's no recorded evidence. Rasputin was on a diet due to a previous attempt on his life, so he wouldn't have eaten the cakes anyway, and poisoning them wouldn't have worked for two reasons: the poison wouldn't have survived the baking process, and adding it post-baking wouldn't have worked either because Rasputin would have tasted the poison right away and spat it out. Same goes for the wine.
the cakes were poisoned after they were baked. In addition, the abundance of butter in cream delayed the action of cyanide. If Rasputin had been given a day to live, he would have died, but later
hi Daniel i tend to agree with you - the story seems too orchestrated to make Yusupov and the other co-conspirators seem heroic - and heroism only works if the opposing force is mighty - Rasputin had to be constructed as so strong that he needed to be killed a number of times over in order to die. the account in fact to my ear sounds like an old Hollywood melodrama.
This is a translation into English of this 1967 interview in French: Interviewer: Prince Felix Yusupov, you killed Rasputin? Prince: Yes Interviewer: How old are you prince? Prince: Nearly eighty Interviewer: How old were you when you killed Rasputin? Prince: Twenty-nine Interviewer: Prince, are you part of the Imperial Russian family? Prince: No, but my wife is the niece of the Emperor Nicholas the Second Interviewer: Princess, were you aware of the plan of your husband? Princess: Yes, I was aware of it. Interviewer: And did you approve? Princess: Yes. Interviewer: Princess, we have said - we have repeated, that you had been in (unclear) Rasputin to his home the night of the murder? Is that true? Princess: It is not at all true. Interviewer: Why? Princess: Because I was not there, I was in Crimea. Interviewer: Prince, in the evening of your life, when you think about Rasputin again, what sentiment comes to you at the thought of him? Prince: Disgust. Interviewer: Did you have a personal interest in the murder of Rasputin? Prince: None. Interviewer: Prince, in identical circumstances, if you had to make the same decision, would you do again what you did then? Prince: Yes. Interviewer: All of your life you have refused to let anyone tell your story. The films that have been made about Rasputin have been made without your (approval). And now, for the first time you have authorized our film. And for the first time, you appear before the camera. Prince Yusupov, why? Prince: Because the other films did not tell the true story. Interviewer: The man who has just spoken to you, the man who killed Rasputin, that man will now revisit his memories.
He was a hero. Rasputin was evil. He was bringing down Russia because of his evil influence over the royal family. He was hated by the Russian people. And the tsarina was hated by them as well. They called her "The German Woman".
There was very little Russian blood in the Romanovs- as low as under 5%. They could speak Russian, but they usually spoke English (or the languages of their mothers).
@@ellebelle8515Don't spread lies! First of all Felix is 50% tatar. Second, Tzar Nikolai spoke Russian like everyone else at the Palace. Tzarina Alexandra was disliked and resented by the Court, same as their subjects, for her inability to learn Russian. Second, Tzar Nikolai has more Russian blood than English. You are probably confused with Windsors😂 who have practically 0 English blood: all German, Greek and new offspring have Jewish one.
Смысл жизни - весть спасения. Абзац 1. Жизнь человека 100 лет. Это ничто по сравнению с вечностью, но этого достаточно чтобы: 1) познать Господа Иисуса Христа; 2) покаяться; 3) принять водное крещение и 4) жить по Слову Иисуса Христа. Зачем? Чтобы не погубить душу. Душа каждого человека вечна, она никогда не умирает, умирает только тело, а душа остается проводить вечность или в раю или в аду. Третьего не дано. Если человек во время своей земной жизни уверует в Иисуса Христа и исполнит что сказано в абзаце 1, то только при этом условии душа человека будет в раю. Как все было? Бог сотворил Адама и Еву. Чтобы проверить их в верности Ему, Он запретил им есть плоды из одного дерева. Адам и Ева ослушались Бога, то есть согрешили. Таким образом грех вошел в мир и передался по наследству всем потомкам Адама и Евы. Люди стали рождаться уже с унаследованным грехом. Чтобы искупить человечество от греха надо было чтобы кто-то безгрешный согласился умереть за всех людей на кресте. Но между людьми безгрешных не было. И тогда Бог послал Сына Своего Иисуса Христа чтобы Он умер на кресте за грехи всего человечества. Сын Божий Иисус Христос согласился принять смерть на кресте за грехи всего человечества. И только потому что Иисус Христос согласился на это - Божье условие для спасения человечества было выполнено. Теперь каждый человек, кто верует или уверует в Иисуса Христа, что Он Божий Сын взял на Себя все грехи каждого человека, и умер за них на кресте, и воскрес, а также после этого человек примет водное крещение, а также вместе с этим будет поступать в этой жизни так, как написано в Слове Божьем Библии - то душа такого человека не погибнет в аду, а будет жить вечно с Богом в раю. Молитва покаяния. Если вы не знаете, как молиться, можете помолиться примерно так: "Боже, прости меня. Я грешный человек, я признаю свои грехи и каюсь в них пред Тобой. Я принимаю Иисуса Христа в свое сердце как моего личного Спасителя. Омой меня Своей кровью и спаси мою душу. Во имя Отца, и Сына, и Святого Духа. Аминь."
После Распутин был убит 30 декабря 1016 императрица хотела великий князь Дмитрий и князь Феликс Феликсович Юсупов выстрелил, но был убежден, из идеи.Царь запретил Юсупова из своего имения и князя и его жена отправились в Крым вскоре после революции, а затем в Париже. Я думаю, будучи частью аристократии, вероятно, имел в виду его было меньше шансов перед судом, в частности, как много в аристократии опасались влияния монаха над королевской семьи.
this is really wild but i am learning about my past life being irina alexandrovna, i have found my cousin alexi in this lifetime..he knows now and also is remembering his life as alexi..we found eachother in nyc
+Michael S. i think it's pretty well established - on my blog i write about it - "What is considerably less well-known is that both the Prince and the Grand Duke were gay ... and there is much speculation about a supposed relationship between them. Prince Felix made no secret of being gay, speaking quite candidly for example about wearing women's clothing in his autobiography 'Lost Splendor'. But for the usual dynastic reasons of the period, he married and produced heirs. Grand Duke Dmitri was far more circumspect about his sexuality. He was bisexual and had affairs with many women, including the famed Russian ballerina and early film actress Vera Karalli."
+Michael S. that's an interesting point - but maybe it was fun for him as he was gay. Wiki (not the final word on things of course - LOL!) says: "Her husband-to-be, Felix Yussupov, was a man of many contradictions: a man from a very wealthy family[5] who enjoyed dressing in women's clothing and had sexual relationships with both men and women, scandalizing society. ... Felix, with his leanings toward homosexuality, was not certain if he was "fit for marriage."[9] It seems the Czar's family were not happy about the marriage due to Felix's being bisexual/gay: "Although Irina was understanding about Yussupov's wild past, her parents were not. When her parents and maternal grandmother Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna heard the rumors about Felix, they wanted to call off the wedding. Most of the stories they heard had originated from Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, Irina's first cousin once removed, who had been one of Felix's friends and, it has been speculated, might have been involved in a romantic relationship with Felix." my guess, only a guess, is that he was bisexual - but tending towards gay. but a guess is only a guess.
This is a translation into English of this 1967 interview in French: Interviewer: Prince Felix Yusupov, you killed Rasputin? Prince: Yes Interviewer: How old are you prince? Prince: Nearly eighty Interviewer: How old were you when you killed Rasputin? Prince: Twenty-nine Interviewer: Prince, are you part of the Imperial Russian family? Prince: No, but my wife is the niece of the Emperor Nicholas the Second Interviewer: Princess, were you aware of the plan of your husband? Princess: Yes, I was aware of it. Interviewer: And did you approve? Princess: Yes. Interviewer: Princess, we have said - we have repeated, that you had been in (unclear) Rasputin to his home the night of the murder? Is that true? Princess: It is not at all true. Interviewer: Why? Princess: Because I was not there, I was in Crimea. Interviewer: Prince, in the evening of your life, when you think about Rasputin again, what sentiment comes to you at the thought of him? Prince: Disgust. Interviewer: Did you have a personal interest in the murder of Rasputin? Prince: None. Interviewer: Prince, in identical circumstances, if you had to make the same decision, would you do again what you did then? Prince: Yes. Interviewer: All of your life you have refused to let anyone tell your story. The films that have been made about Rasputin have been made without your (approval). And now, for the first time you have authorized our film. And for the first time, you appear before the camera. Prince Yusupov, why? Prince: Because the other films did not tell the true story. Interviewer: The man who has just spoken to you, the man who killed Rasputin, that man will now revisit his memories.
Un vrai prince qui connaissait son devoir et qui l'a fait. À bas les vermines et autres créatures inférieures qui volent ce qui ne leur appartient pas !
@@JohnRaymondHall Ça c'est certain ! M'est avis que si le Tsar ne l'avait pas fait exiler, ainsi que le Grand Duc Dmitri à cause de l'exécution de Raspoutine, le Tsar serait resté au pouvoir. Sa décision n'était pas juste.
Проклятый выродок, выстрелил в спину человеку, который стоял на коленях и молился, и вместо того, чтобы сесть в тюрьму за убийство, его показывали по телевизору и брали интервью.
Там замешана английская разведка, что они сейчас и не отрицают. Задача была раздробить россию и вывезти все. Но появился Ленин, Сталин- не получилось. Юсупова кинули и организация была плохая.
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It feels almost surreal to hear their voices.
yes, being those involved with such tumultuous events!
God bless the Romanovs
Where is the film?
Fascinating interview, despite it being the only one the couple ever did together its historic relevance is immense. What stuck me the most is even in her elderly age I can still see such a resemblance of Irina to that of her cousin, Tatiana. Especially when they were younger, the resemblance is striking. But here, watching her speak and move gives us a good idea of what Grand Duchess would have looked like had she survived into old age.
yes, this footage of Irina gives real insights into the behaviour and movement of her siblings - in families there are often similarities in this way - i never saw till recently how closely my speech and facial gestures were like those of my father.
Yes, I'm aware and understand the fundamentals of how a person can resemble family members due to their DNA. But my initial point was now that im now physically seeing Princess Irina's movements and behaviour on screen, the way she composed herself and the manner in which she spoke as opposed to photographs its as though by watching and listening to her here it breaths life into Tatiana, due to the their striking similarities they could've easily passed for sisters then cousins. So its just interesting comparing the two, and possibly seeing how Tatiana may have aged had she had the chance.
yes, i think the point we are making is very similar - beyond the DNA there are family gestures, patterns of stress and intonation in speech and so on - so that listening to one member of a family in a sense gives understanding of these things in another - gives life to them.
John Hall Exactly :) All in all, seeing and listening to Princess Irina brings some sense of comfort when remembering what happened to her immediate family members. Especially those she was closest to, as she was with Tatiana.
yes, indeed. i believe the Russian spoken at court varied somewhat for that spoken in other strata of society - i have Russian friends and it would be great to have heard Princess Irina in her native language and comment on this.
- Would you have done it again?
- Yes!
Amazing to see this….I’d love to see the rest of their interview if it’s online anywhere!
this is actually just the start of a french movie called "I killed Rasputin"
If anyone is interested, the interviewer is Alain Decaux, a French historian who was elected to the Académie française in 1979
thanks for identifying the interviewer
Merci pour l'information :) où peut on trouver tout l'interview ?
It has also been suggested that Dmitry Pavlovich, not Felix, was the one who shot Rasputin when he fled. It would have taken someone with good aim and experience to hit a moving target from a distance obscured by snow and darkness. Dmitry was a former soldier and Olympic athlete, and was likely the only conspirator capable of such a shot.
Exactly
DuchessDiz - i've added the dialogue in the 'Notes' with this upload
Interviewer: Prince Felix Yusupov, you killed Rasputin?
Prince: Yes Interviewer: How old are you prince?
Prince: Nearly eighty
Interviewer: How old were you when you killed Rasputin?
Prince: Twenty-nine
Interviewer: Prince, are you part of the Imperial Russian family?
Prince: No, but my wife is the niece of the Emperor Nicholas the Second
Interviewer: Princess, were you aware of the plan of your husband?
Princess: Yes, I was aware of it. Interviewer: And did you approve?
Princess: Yes.
Interviewer: Princess, we have said - we have repeated, that you had been in (unclear) Rasputin to his home the night of the murder? Is that true?
Princess: It is not at all true.
Interviewer: Why? Princess: Because I was not there, I was in Crimea.
Interviewer: Prince, in the evening of your life, when you think about Rasputin again, what sentiment comes to you at the thought of him?
Prince: Disgust. Interviewer: Did you have a personal interest in the murder of Rasputin?
Prince: None.
Interviewer: Prince, in identical circumstances, if you had to make the same decision, would you do again what you did then?
Prince: Yes. Interviewer: All of your life you have refused to let anyone tell your story. The films that have been made about Rasputin have been made without your (approval). And now, for the first time you have authorized our film. And for the first time, you appear before the camera.
Prince Yusupov, why?
Prince: Because the other films did not tell the true story.
Interviewer: The man who has just spoken to you, the man who killed Rasputin, that man will now revisit his memories.
Thanks for the translation. fascinating stuff.
Thank you so much
@@peaky_blinder1998 pleasure!
@@JohnRaymondHall The unclear part in your translation is the "bait" or "lure" - l'appât. The interview is asking Irina whether (as the rumours indicate) she was the bait which brought Rasputin to the Yusopoff Palace. She denies this as she was in the Crimea at the time.
@@europeanroyalist.6387 thanks so much for that
This man fired a shot that began the history of the twentieth century. This shot killed tens of millions of people. He changed the whole history of not only Russia, but the whole world. And we see this person in the video. Breathtaking
This man was wrong only by killing Rasputin too late. He was too late to save millions of people. The impact they've made - both him and Nicolas's wife, was irreversible at that point. Czar's wife was the biggest culprit of them all. She didnt just killed her family by the decision to stay in Russia but she dragged the whole country down with her. It was Nicholas's fault, her fault and Rasputin's fault.
You clearly are mistaken and have bought into Rasputin's myth. He is not responsible for millions of deaths that is such an exaggeration. The Czar and Czarina and their incompetence, weakness and fear led to their demise and the revolution.
@@roger1624 Rasputin was a German spy, read his daughter's memoirs. He did not plan to live in Russia, he wanted to escape to Palestine, but did not have time.
A very distinguished marriage with an incredible aristocratic bearing. They were extremely wealthy, and when they fled Russia in 1920 they were able to live comfortably in Paris thanks to sales of their Rembrandt paintings that hung on the walls of the Moika Palace, owned by the Yusupov family.
that's interesting - i didn't know how they funded their time in the West - thanks
@@JohnRaymondHall The Yusupovs won a fortune after suing MGM for defamation in 1934.
Also 2 incredibly famous expensive jewels , one was called the sultans , I cant remember the other , and handfuls of diamonds they got from there bowls on tables that they used for decor
@@cathyborrege5373 i didn't know that - interesting
They had a very famousl string of Black Pearls that sold for a fortune.
Grand Duchess Olga(from OTMA) hated Felix for the murder of Rapustin. She agreed for Raputin to go away but she also thought that Felix was a coward for doing so and that it was unecessary to kill him in the manner that they did.
hi again Numberone filmfan
thanks so much again for the translation - it was so kind of you to take the time for that original upload
luckily i'd saved it to The Notes so i was able to add it here again
:)
What an Magical life they had, just reading his book 'Lost Splendour' which is incredibly amusing and well written. So interesting to see them interviewed so many years later. Wish I spoke the beautiful French language to understand it though😂.
yes, extraordinary lives. i speak French but i've added in the Notes attached to the video i've added an English transcript :)
Would be wonderful to see the entire footage. Thank you for sharing.
pleasure - yes, it would - i don't know that is still exists
Thank you.
pleasure Norman :)
Interview made in French by one of our most famous and most exciting historian, Alain Decaux.
+lefortv i didn't know who the interviewer was - thanks so much for identifying him - i'll add this to the notes accompanying the video. thanks again
+John Hall Can I help you again ? In your translation, I can read : "Princess: Because I was not there, I was (unclear)". The last sentence is : "I was in Crimea"
+lefortv absolutely - i am very grateful for you taking the time to help - i've added 'in Crimea' to my notes here - obviously my hearing is not as good as yours - thanks again! cheers fro Sydney!
+John Hall I am French ;-)Cheers from Paris !
+lefortv my family is originally from France! so cheers from Sydney to Paris, where i lived as a kid for a year.
that you kindly translated .was very interesting .
An old favorite, thank you!
hi artdecochicgirl
yes, quite a complex character - not a cardboard cut out of a Russian prince of the Romanov era
isn't it wonderful to be able to hear him talking about such a moment event at such a turbulent time in Russian history.
:)
Aw, thanks...just glad to help our friend John out a bit, though I think he could have done it as well were he less busy! :) Now when I relisten there are some turns of phrase that are clearer than they were the first time I tried, but in general it is what they said.
hi Numberone filmfan
one of my real favourites and very hard not to re-post it quickly.
i think my fascination it that it is history just speaking out loud.
:)
hi Sima
i didn't know there was more of the interview
when i looked at the script it seemed complete - the beginning seemed to want nothing before and the end seemed to finish the interview
intriguing that there's more! do you know about anything about what's missing?
It's shocking when you hear the voices of people who did something dark, and then you hear they have such little voices...kind of archaic sounding too!
yes, it's rather paradoxical :)
I was shocked hearing Gen. Patton's voice.
felix looks really old, that makes me kinda sad ngl
yes YES OH MY GOD😢
and he died shortly after :(
The most elegant couple in history, and more famous in Europe and one of the richests and most impresives. He a Yusukov prince, the richests family in Imperial Russia and one of the richest in the world, she a Romanov grandaughter of a Tsar Nicholas I. Their elegance inspired Chanel.
Thanks for uploading this video. I know everyone keeps banging on about the Tsar and his immediate family, but Prince Felix is one of my favourite in that family. I find him to be a rather interesting character. His autobiography will make an interesting read. Of course their are various accounts regarding the killing of Rasputin, nevertheless it does not take away from the fact that Prince Felix was a rather interesting fellow.
hi Njoofene
yes, i agree that the prince is an interesting character - the more central members of he and his wife's family are so over-exposed that they are in a sense less interesting.
the assassination over-shadowed his life - when really it was all about other things
the only biog i know is his 'Lost Splendour' - his auto-biography until 1919
do you know of anythings else?
glad you liked this upload!
Это увлекательное интервью проводится на французском телевидении в 1967 году.
Пара интервью являются князя Феликса Юсупова (1887-1967) и его жена княгиня Ирина Александровна (1895-1970), племяннице последнего царя России Николая Второго.
Тема интервью является частью князем играл в убийстве в 1916 году преподобного Григория Распутина, вера целитель, казалось, под влиянием решений царя Николая II и Царицы Александры Федоровны.
Убийство произошло в Мойке дворце семьи Юсуповых в Санкт-Петербурге, и участники были группой дворян, во главе с князем и великого князя Дмитрия Павловича, и правого политика Владимира Пуришкевича.
Распутин был заманили во дворец с намеком, что принцесса будет присутствовать, хотя на самом деле она была в Крыму в то время.
Существуют различные счета, что произошло дальше, с каким-то светоотражающие комментарий от своей дочери Марии, предметом отдельной загрузки на этом канале.
Наиболее распространены и мифическая версия событий монах вел вниз к подвал, где была предпринята попытка убить его с цианидами-laiden пирожные и вино. Когда эта оказалась неудачной - или казалось, слишком длительное - он был застрелен несколько раз. Заговорщики затем налево, но князь Феликс Юсупов забыл свое пальто и вернулся в подвал, чтобы получить его. Распутин с трудом поднялся на ноги и попытался задушить принца. Остальные заговорщики, прибыв на место происшествия, выстрелил монах снова и, когда это не казалось совсем удачным, в конце концов дубинками его до смерти. Тело было затем бросили в реку Неву с моста на Крестовский остров.
Это перевод на английский язык этого 1967 интервью на французском языке:
Интервьюер: князь Феликс Юсупов, ты убил Распутина?
Принц: Да
Интервьюер: Сколько лет ты принц?
Принц: Почти восемьдесят
Интервьюер: Сколько вам было лет, когда ты убил Распутина?
Принц: Двадцать девять
Интервьюер: Принц, ты часть императорской русской семьи?
Князь: Нет, но моя жена племянница императора Николая Второго
Интервьюер: Принцесса, вы были осведомлены о плане вашего мужа?
Принцесса: Да, я знал об этом.
Интервьюер: А вы одобряете?
Принцесса: Да.
Интервьюер: Принцесса, мы уже говорили - мы повторили, что вы были в (неясного) Распутина к себе домой в ночь убийства? Это правда?
Принцесса: Это не совсем верно.
Интервьюер: Почему?
Принцесса: Потому что я не был там, я был в Крыму.
Интервьюер: Принц, вечером вашей жизни, когда вы снова думать о Распутине, какие чувства приходит к вам при мысли о нем?
Принц: Отвращение.
Интервьюер: Был ли у вас личный интерес в убийстве Распутина?
Prince: Нет.
Интервьюер: Принц, в одинаковых обстоятельствах, если вы должны были сделать то же самое решение, что вы делаете снова то, что вы сделали тогда?
Принц: Да.
Интервьюер: Все в вашей жизни вы отказались позволить никому рассказать свою историю. Пленки, которые были сделаны о Распутине были сделаны без вашего (утверждения). И теперь, в первый раз, когда вы уполномочили наш фильм. И в первый раз, вы оказываетесь перед камерой. Князь Юсупов, почему?
Князь: Потому что другие фильмы не сказать истинную историю.
Интервьюер: Человек, который только что говорил с вами, человек, который убил Распутина, что человек теперь будет вновь свои воспоминания.
+Aleksandr Kozmin
спасибо за много для стенограмма - я добавил один к нотам ", сопровождающей кадры, а также. ура!
John Hall Спасибо Вам за то,Что мы могли увидеть Феликса Юсупова при жизни.
the translation into Russian is awful
Thank you so much for the translation شكرا لك ❤
Жаль, нет подробного интервью князя Юсупова. Он многое знал.
он выпустил мемуары еще при жизни
я согласен - он здесь болен (он умер вскоре после того, как это было снято) и, вероятно, не был способен - это расширенный чат
hey where did you get this footage? can i use it for a project?
hi - honestly i can't remember where i got it - i've had it so long. please feel free to use it - good luck with your project! :)
thank you, did you actually find the footage and upload it? is there a rest of the documentary?
sadly this is all the footage i know - it comes i believe from a French documentary - i have just found that this comes from a 1967 film which Yusupov approved of and appeared in 'J'ai tué Raspoutine' ('I Killed Rasputin') en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Killed_Rasputin
thank you
Le Prince parle de "dégoût" à propos de Raspoutine...
Felix and his co-conspirators very likely embellished the full story to make Rasputin seem more powerful and evil to justify killing him. Rasputin's own daughter said that her father had sworn of pastries and alcohol-so the story about poison was probably bunk. And even the shooting most likely was nowhere near as dramatic as Yusupov later claimed.
Rasputin was powerful. Historians say that his influence with the tsar and tsarina was one of the things that helped to bring down the aristocracy. And he was evil. His record with prostitutes and seducing young women was kept by the St. Petersburg police. His daughter was lying. He was a heavy drinker and eater of sweets up until his death. And it took three bullets to bring him down. Even then the autopsy showed that he died of drowning after the assassins threw him into the Neva River.
Why would they want him to be remembered that way?
@@TaxingIsThieving to try to justify themselves
Doubt it.
hi Daniel
yes, it would seem much more likely that Dmitry Pavlovich as a soldier and athlete would have had the skill to fire accurately at night and over a distance
i suspect that Felix Yusupov would have taken credit as an aristocratic privilege.
thanks for that follow-up!
Dmitry gets the credit in most history books.
It’s pity we can’t see prince’s eyes. Does anyone have access to full version?
The interviewer is irritating intrusive doing most of the talking. Prince and Princess Yusupov answer expertly and to the point as if they were on the witness stand but without enumeration. Very circumspect. Princess Yusupov as always tongue tied and reticent looks uncomfortable but steadfastly backs her husband.
the prince died shortly after so probably was not very communicative at this point in his life
hey, do you know by any chance the name of the interviewer? I need to cite this for an essay
hi Catrina - i looked around when i researched this post, and again just now, but sadly can't locate the name of the interviewed - citing that it took place on French television in 1967 would give it some reference.
I know its waaaaaaaaaay past the deadline but his name is Alain Decaux
I meaan... Why isn't he in preason for murder?
I wish someone would translate this interview
You can find the translation at the top, right under the number of views.
i included the translation in the notes accompanying the video
Either his wife is on a diet of russian imperial families, or I would question the quality of the Auto-translate...
Светлая память князю Феликсу Феликсовичу Юсупову - спасителю земли русской от мракобеса Распутина.
да, князь Феликс Юсупов Ф. принял большое мужество, чтобы действовать - не многие имели бы, что мужество
С дуба рухнул? Убийца он как ваш Путлер
Why have the title in English if there are no English subtitles? Put the title in French.
+larrydirtybird it was to make the film more accessible to the vast majority of my YT followers - in the same way that i added the English text in the 'Notes' which i attached to the video upload. my background is French, and i am a French speaker, so it was not a matter of any kind of Anglo cultural imperialism.
Sorry if I seemed hostile. Thank you for uploading this, it was fascinating to see and hear them in their old age. My French is pretty good, so I could understand it after watching it a few times to catch the words I had missed. I had no idea that there was a translation below!
Is it possible to watch the entire interview?
+larrydirtybird my background is French and i spent time as a kid in Paris - but yes it was hard to catch some words as you say. this sadly is all i have of the interview - in fact i'm not sure whether or not here is more or this is the totality - it seems to begin with a beginning and end with an ending and i suspect this is all there is - but i am just guessing here. PS you didn't seem hostile at all - you were saying something rather sensible - i think i went for an English title under the belief it would reach more people - not sure if this logic works or not!
I am happy you posted it. Can you translate the interview? I have seen the clip and it is dubbed in Russian.
so English speakers (who form the large majority of people who come to my channel) will be able to successfully find this video when google searching using English words. my family is from France so i am not being Anglo-eccentric here.
hi tigerspirit1917
yes, i quite agree - there is a much bigger and more important story than his murder to be told here
and that a monk should have inveigled his way into a position of such influence is really incredible.
Thank you
pleasure
Where's the next part of the film?
this is all the footage i could find - it comes from a documentary. the way the interviewer thanks the Prince at the end suggests there is no more footage of him and his wife - only more of the documentary
Maria Quesada Ocampo, la historia de los Romanov y Iusupov me encanta, ellos eran encantadores
Imagine watching Gavrilo Princip talk about killing Archduke Ferdinand. This is at the same level. Wonderful piece of history, this.
So which movie are they referring to as ' the true version of the event?'
i think they are referring to this footage, though it does not quality really as a movie. something lost in translation?
Whether the legend of how he died is true or just a fish tale built up over the years... Rasputin remains a wild card in the whole story of the Russian Revolution. He had some kind of power to appear to treat hemophilia in an era where there was NO treatment or medicine. So while maybe it is a load of baloney of being poisoned, stabbed, shot, beaten and thrown in the river before he died... The fat is that his story does almost overshadow that of Lenin and the Tsar's.
True! Mostly because of the mystery of who and what he is and how he did all of this!
hi Ed
most definitely:
www.google.com.au/search?q=Nicholas+Yusupov&biw=1446&bih=698&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=Co9GVIOgOtPx8gXZ44CQBA&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=w9Dg9W3kGM5XDM%253A%3BfC090BXiolX3SM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fi15.photobucket.com%252Falbums%252Fa388%252Fashanti01%252F_389_zpse2eb03ee.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fforum.alexanderpalace.org%252Findex.php%253Faction%253Dprintpage%253Btopic%253D725.0%3B300%3B450
:)
Il ne l'a pas dit clairement, mais est-ce que quelqu'un sait pourquoi il a tué Raspoutine ?
Rasputin had a huge influence on Tzarina Alexandra. And Tzar Nikolai was dependent on his wife's opinions. He was weak man, bad ruler. Prince Felix, same as everyone else at the Palace, thought of Rasputin as charlatan who was making statements that he "Influencing Tzar".
@@Lea-yb9gm Je me suis rendu compte que c'était mon opinion lorsque j'ai lu cette histoire. Si je ne me trompe pas, il était pratiquement un cousin de Nicolas II. Sa famille possédait beaucoup de terres en Russie et faisait le commerce de peaux d'animaux en échange d'argent. Après avoir comploté la mort de Raspoutine avec un autre politicien, Nicolas n'a pas pu le tuer parce qu'il était un noble de haut rang, et il a donc été expulsé du pays. Cet exil lui a sauvé la vie, car quelques années plus tard, la révolution communiste a eu lieu dans le pays, et les révolutionnaires ont tué tous les membres de la haute noblesse et tous ceux qui étaient liés d'une manière ou d'une autre à la famille royale russe. Il s'est ensuite exilé en Europe, a vécu pendant un certain temps en Angleterre, puis s'est installé en France, où il a travaillé comme vendeur de parfums et, après quelques décennies, la société pour laquelle il travaillait est devenue célèbre dans le monde entier sous le nom de Chanel. J'ai vu ici que certaines personnes liées à la famille royale et même des parents de Nicolas, du côté de son père et de sa mère, ont réussi à fuir la révolution communiste et que certains sont allés en Europe. Un membre de cette famille en est venu à soutenir ouvertement le nazisme, parce que cette personne, qui avait le sang de la famille royale, croyait que si le nazisme avait gagné la Seconde Guerre mondiale, Hitler reviendrait avec la monarchie russe. Et, selon la ligne de succession de la famille, cette personne aurait été le prochain roi si la monarchie était revenue, en supposant que le nazisme ait gagné la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Heureusement, l'histoire a été différente.
Felix's family was the richest family in Russia at that time. More than all Romanov put together. When Felix, his wife and baby were running away and finally reached France, they had no money. He and his wife opened a clothing boutique, and were making gorgeous gowns. But it's not Chanel. In reference of Hitler, he had plans for King Edward ( the one who was abdicated). I am not aware of his plans for Nikolai. But Kaiser surely loved that marriage between Nikolai and Aleksandra took place.
Amazing!
isn't it!
Has anybody seen the whole film?
не мог до конца дней смотреть людям в глаза из-за убийства старца....
да, убить кого-то будет весить в большой степени на большинстве совести!
John Hall Да,будет на совести висеть огромным камнем....
Александр Архипов very well put!
Александр Архипов С чего Вы это взяли?Не придумывайте от себя,Не засоряйте историю
- it’s you kill rasputin?
- yes 😎
She had a slight accent. He did not at all.
Rozpravate o nich ako o Bohoch.
Boli to vykoristovatelia a zili v blahobyte hladujuceho ruskeho ludu.
A takych obdivujete?.
Skoncili tak ako vladli.
So this is really them??
yes, it is - extraordinary for French televion to have had the vision to conduct this interview
This is crazy
Очки снял, а глаза его не показали!
Интересно, почему он не носил очки? он умер вскоре после этого - было ли это связано с этим?
Задумка режиссера; как завязка для просмотра продолжения фильма. ,,а что же там?..." и всем любопытно
Yusupov's story was debunked in the 90s.
They brought him to the basement, shot him twice, and as they were dragging his body to the car, he started groaning, so they dropped him, kicked him onto his back, and somebody shot him in the head, killing him instantly. The British were suspected of having a hand in it, as Rasputin was pressuring the tsar to pull Russia out of World War I (and Yusupov's chauffeur was a close friend of "C", the head of SSB, later MI6), but there's no recorded evidence.
Rasputin was on a diet due to a previous attempt on his life, so he wouldn't have eaten the cakes anyway, and poisoning them wouldn't have worked for two reasons: the poison wouldn't have survived the baking process, and adding it post-baking wouldn't have worked either because Rasputin would have tasted the poison right away and spat it out. Same goes for the wine.
the cakes were poisoned after they were baked. In addition, the abundance of butter in cream delayed the action of cyanide. If Rasputin had been given a day to live, he would have died, but later
All i can think of is that aging is such a bitch!
Ce n'est pas lui qui a tué Raspoutin.
hi Daniel
i tend to agree with you - the story seems too orchestrated to make Yusupov and the other co-conspirators seem heroic - and heroism only works if the opposing force is mighty - Rasputin had to be constructed as so strong that he needed to be killed a number of times over in order to die.
the account in fact to my ear sounds like an old Hollywood melodrama.
Could any one translate
He is a murder
Anyone watched that movie? 1:48
what's it in English.
This is a translation into English of this 1967 interview in French:
Interviewer: Prince Felix Yusupov, you killed Rasputin?
Prince: Yes
Interviewer: How old are you prince?
Prince: Nearly eighty
Interviewer: How old were you when you killed Rasputin?
Prince: Twenty-nine
Interviewer: Prince, are you part of the Imperial Russian family?
Prince: No, but my wife is the niece of the Emperor Nicholas the Second
Interviewer: Princess, were you aware of the plan of your husband?
Princess: Yes, I was aware of it.
Interviewer: And did you approve?
Princess: Yes.
Interviewer: Princess, we have said - we have repeated, that you had been in (unclear) Rasputin to his home the night of the murder? Is that true?
Princess: It is not at all true.
Interviewer: Why?
Princess: Because I was not there, I was in Crimea.
Interviewer: Prince, in the evening of your life, when you think about Rasputin again, what sentiment comes to you at the thought of him?
Prince: Disgust.
Interviewer: Did you have a personal interest in the murder of Rasputin?
Prince: None.
Interviewer: Prince, in identical circumstances, if you had to make the same decision, would you do again what you did then?
Prince: Yes.
Interviewer: All of your life you have refused to let anyone tell your story. The films that have been made about Rasputin have been made without your (approval). And now, for the first time you have authorized our film. And for the first time, you appear before the camera. Prince Yusupov, why?
Prince: Because the other films did not tell the true story.
Interviewer: The man who has just spoken to you, the man who killed Rasputin, that man will now revisit his memories.
Молодец
this man was a traitor to his country
He was a hero. Rasputin was evil. He was bringing down Russia because of his evil influence over the royal family. He was hated by the Russian people. And the tsarina was hated by them as well. They called her "The German Woman".
Whhy are they talking in French? I thought they were Russians Right?
Because the nobles in Russia usually knew several languages. French is one of the mandatory languages. Besides, he's in exile in France.
they lived in France after the revolution and this interview was on French television
@@mrOL100 Mandatory languages were: French, English and German.
There was very little Russian blood in the Romanovs- as low as under 5%. They could speak Russian, but they usually spoke English (or the languages of their mothers).
@@ellebelle8515Don't spread lies! First of all Felix is 50% tatar. Second, Tzar Nikolai spoke Russian like everyone else at the Palace. Tzarina Alexandra was disliked and resented by the Court, same as their subjects, for her inability to learn Russian. Second, Tzar Nikolai has more Russian blood than English. You are probably confused with Windsors😂 who have practically 0 English blood: all German, Greek and new offspring have Jewish one.
They were clearly a couple of very few words!!
indeed!
Смысл жизни - весть спасения.
Абзац 1. Жизнь человека 100 лет. Это ничто по сравнению с вечностью, но этого достаточно чтобы: 1) познать Господа Иисуса Христа; 2) покаяться; 3) принять водное крещение и 4) жить по Слову Иисуса Христа.
Зачем? Чтобы не погубить душу. Душа каждого человека вечна, она никогда не умирает, умирает только тело, а душа остается проводить вечность или в раю или в аду. Третьего не дано. Если человек во время своей земной жизни уверует в Иисуса Христа и исполнит что сказано в абзаце 1, то только при этом условии душа человека будет в раю.
Как все было? Бог сотворил Адама и Еву. Чтобы проверить их в верности Ему, Он запретил им есть плоды из одного дерева. Адам и Ева ослушались Бога, то есть согрешили. Таким образом грех вошел в мир и передался по наследству всем потомкам Адама и Евы. Люди стали рождаться уже с унаследованным грехом.
Чтобы искупить человечество от греха надо было чтобы кто-то безгрешный согласился умереть за всех людей на кресте. Но между людьми безгрешных не было.
И тогда Бог послал Сына Своего Иисуса Христа чтобы Он умер на кресте за грехи всего человечества.
Сын Божий Иисус Христос согласился принять смерть на кресте за грехи всего человечества. И только потому что Иисус Христос согласился на это - Божье условие для спасения человечества было выполнено.
Теперь каждый человек, кто верует или уверует в Иисуса Христа, что Он Божий Сын взял на Себя все грехи каждого человека, и умер за них на кресте, и воскрес, а также после этого человек примет водное крещение, а также вместе с этим будет поступать в этой жизни так, как написано в Слове Божьем Библии - то душа такого человека не погибнет в аду, а будет жить вечно с Богом в раю.
Молитва покаяния.
Если вы не знаете, как молиться, можете помолиться примерно так: "Боже, прости меня. Я грешный человек, я признаю свои грехи и каюсь в них пред Тобой. Я принимаю Иисуса Христа в свое сердце как моего личного Спасителя. Омой меня Своей кровью и спаси мою душу. Во имя Отца, и Сына, и Святого Духа. Аминь."
She looks like a man and he looks like a woman.
true
they were very beautifull when they were young
Felix was, according to many accounts, gay. He might have found Irina's angular features and androgynous look very appealing when they were courting.
@@Llixgrijb He was probably bisexual.
takes all sorts mate
The man who killed rasputin
so he is criminal.
unfortunately this doesnt mean a great deal unless one understands french
which is why i've translated the dialogue into English in the 'Notes' accompanying this upload
Only shows french subtitles..
Почему его не посадили в тюрьму? Убийца же
После Распутин был убит 30 декабря 1016 императрица хотела великий князь Дмитрий и князь Феликс Феликсович Юсупов выстрелил, но был убежден, из идеи.Царь запретил Юсупова из своего имения и князя и его жена отправились в Крым вскоре после революции, а затем в Париже. Я думаю, будучи частью аристократии, вероятно, имел в виду его было меньше шансов перед судом, в частности, как много в аристократии опасались влияния монаха над королевской семьи.
this is really wild but i am learning about my past life being irina alexandrovna, i have found my cousin alexi in this lifetime..he knows now and also is remembering his life as alexi..we found eachother in nyc
Perhaps another figure in your past life was Genghis Khan. Or maybe Julius Caesar. The possibilities are endless!
Bunlar kim bilmiyorum ve bizimle hiç ilgileri olmadığını belli
Felix and my grandfather were a lover in paris
Annastasia Romanov wonderful to be connected with these now historic figures!
+Annastasia Romanov so, this is confirmed that Felix was a gay. Right?
+Michael S. i think it's pretty well established - on my blog i write about it - "What is considerably less well-known is that both the Prince and the Grand Duke were gay ... and there is much speculation about a supposed relationship between them. Prince Felix made no secret of being gay, speaking quite candidly for example about wearing women's clothing in his autobiography 'Lost Splendor'. But for the usual dynastic reasons of the period, he married and produced heirs. Grand Duke Dmitri was far more circumspect about his sexuality. He was bisexual and had affairs with many women, including the famed Russian ballerina and early film actress Vera Karalli."
John Hall thanks for the info, John. I thought Felix was saying that wearing women's clothes was just for fun, as a joke.
+Michael S. that's an interesting point - but maybe it was fun for him as he was gay.
Wiki (not the final word on things of course - LOL!) says:
"Her husband-to-be, Felix Yussupov, was a man of many contradictions: a man from a very wealthy family[5] who enjoyed dressing in women's clothing and had sexual relationships with both men and women, scandalizing society. ... Felix, with his leanings toward homosexuality, was not certain if he was "fit for marriage."[9]
It seems the Czar's family were not happy about the marriage due to Felix's being bisexual/gay: "Although Irina was understanding about Yussupov's wild past, her parents were not. When her parents and maternal grandmother Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna heard the rumors about Felix, they wanted to call off the wedding. Most of the stories they heard had originated from Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, Irina's first cousin once removed, who had been one of Felix's friends and, it has been speculated, might have been involved in a romantic relationship with Felix."
my guess, only a guess, is that he was bisexual - but tending towards gay. but a guess is only a guess.
English translate pls
This is a translation into English of this 1967 interview in French:
Interviewer: Prince Felix Yusupov, you killed Rasputin?
Prince: Yes
Interviewer: How old are you prince?
Prince: Nearly eighty
Interviewer: How old were you when you killed Rasputin?
Prince: Twenty-nine
Interviewer: Prince, are you part of the Imperial Russian family?
Prince: No, but my wife is the niece of the Emperor Nicholas the Second
Interviewer: Princess, were you aware of the plan of your husband?
Princess: Yes, I was aware of it.
Interviewer: And did you approve?
Princess: Yes.
Interviewer: Princess, we have said - we have repeated, that you had been in (unclear) Rasputin to his home the night of the murder? Is that true?
Princess: It is not at all true.
Interviewer: Why?
Princess: Because I was not there, I was in Crimea.
Interviewer: Prince, in the evening of your life, when you think about Rasputin again, what sentiment comes to you at the thought of him?
Prince: Disgust.
Interviewer: Did you have a personal interest in the murder of Rasputin?
Prince: None.
Interviewer: Prince, in identical circumstances, if you had to make the same decision, would you do again what you did then?
Prince: Yes.
Interviewer: All of your life you have refused to let anyone tell your story. The films that have been made about Rasputin have been made without your (approval). And now, for the first time you have authorized our film. And for the first time, you appear before the camera. Prince Yusupov, why?
Prince: Because the other films did not tell the true story.
Interviewer: The man who has just spoken to you, the man who killed Rasputin, that man will now revisit his memories.
mother Russia forgotten him
yes, people slip away into history so quickly!
Un vrai prince qui connaissait son devoir et qui l'a fait. À bas les vermines et autres créatures inférieures qui volent ce qui ne leur appartient pas !
il a certainement arrêté la terrible influence de Raspoutine sur la famille royale
@@JohnRaymondHall Ça c'est certain ! M'est avis que si le Tsar ne l'avait pas fait exiler, ainsi que le Grand Duc Dmitri à cause de l'exécution de Raspoutine, le Tsar serait resté au pouvoir. Sa décision n'était pas juste.
@@courathiam256 Je n'avais jamais considéré cela - un point intéressant. et l'histoire de la Russie aurait été bien différente
@@JohnRaymondHall Absolument, bien vu pour la Russie.
@@courathiam256 c'est vrai
Проклятый выродок, выстрелил в спину человеку, который стоял на коленях и молился, и вместо того, чтобы сесть в тюрьму за убийство, его показывали по телевизору и брали интервью.
на счетах я не упоминал об этом - спасибо за это
Там замешана английская разведка, что они сейчас и не отрицают. Задача была раздробить россию и вывезти все. Но появился Ленин, Сталин- не получилось. Юсупова кинули и организация была плохая.
Too bad he didn’t know English
He did! The interviewer spoke French, so they responded in French.
@@takeitasitis8953 I’ve heard he wasn’t a nice man