History ·Drama · Soviet Union · 1981 · 2h 22m

Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin

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Director
Elem Klimov
Cast
Aleksey Petrenko as Rasputin Anatoliy Romashin as Nicholas II Leonid Bronevoy as Manasevich-Manuilov Alisa Freyndlikh as Vyrubova Yuri Katin-Yartsev as Purishkevich Mikhail Svetin as Terekhov
Crew
Leonid Kalashnikov — Director of Photography Valeriya Belova — Editor Alfred Schnittke — Original Music Composer Ilya Nusinov — Writer Semyon Lungin — Writer Sergey Voronkov — Production Design
Tagline

Monk. Heretic. Messiah. Madman.

Synopsis

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.

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Mood & Themes
monkhistorical figureimperial russia
Key Collaborators
Elem Klimov Director Leonid Kalashnikov Director of Photography Valeriya Belova Editor Alfred Schnittke Original Music Composer Ilya Nusinov Writer Semyon Lungin Writer Sergey Voronkov Production Design Shavkat Abdusalamov Production Design Tatyana Vadetskaya Costume Design
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