Rasputin, the Black Monk plot
"Understand Current History by Seeing RASPUTIN The Black Monk The true and up-to-date story of the RUSSIAN REVOLUTION."
Gregory Novik is an ambitious Russian peasant hated by his fellow villagers and enjoys his hypnotic power over women, including Inez, the wife of revolutionary leader Raff. Gregory leaves disguised as a monk, and while drinking with a Secret Service agent, betrays Raff, who is subsequently captured. The agent persuades Gregory to go to St. Petersburg, where Gregory becomes known as Rasputin and converts a following of prominent people to his teachings, who proclaim that inhibition of physical desires is evil.