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Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin
“Monk. Heretic. Messiah. Madman.”
6.7 / 10• 1981• 2h 22m•NR• Russian
HistoryDrama
Storyline
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. When Rasputin, known to many as the 'Mad Monk', leads Nicholas to embrace an ill-conceived military strategy, a group of determined conspirators set down a plan to eliminate him.
Cast & Crew
Aleksey Petrenko
Rasputin
Lead
Anatoliy Romashin
Nicholas II
Leonid Bronevoy
Manasevich-Manuilov
Alisa Freyndlikh
Vyrubova
Yuri Katin-Yartsev
Purishkevich
Mikhail Svetin
Terekhov
Velta Līne
Aleksandra Fyodorovna
Anatoliy Solonitsyn
Colonel
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Elem Klimov's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
