Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin (1981)
Monk. Heretic. Messiah. Madman.
1981 · 2h 22m · History, Drama
Genres: History, Drama
As an adviser to the emperor Nicholas II, mystic Grigori Rasputin holds great influence over the empire. However, many in St Petersburg begin to regard Rasputin, with his strange practices and mesmerizing qualities, as a liability and plot his assassination.
Director: Elem Klimov
Writers: Ilya Nusinov, Semyon Lungin
Music by: Alfred Schnittke
Cinematography: Leonid Kalashnikov
Editor: Valeriya Belova
Cast
Aleksey Petrenko as RasputinAnatoliy Romashin as Nicholas IILeonid Bronevoy as Manasevich-ManuilovAlisa Freyndlikh as VyrubovaYuri Katin-Yartsev as PurishkevichMikhail Svetin as TerekhovVelta Līne as Aleksandra FyodorovnaAnatoliy Solonitsyn as ColonelSergei Karnovich-Valua as Russian GeneralAleksandr Romantsov as YusupovPavel Pankov as ManusNelli Pshyonnaya as baronessMore like this
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