Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin (1981)
Original title: Агония
Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin is a 1981 Russian-language history movie directed by Elem Klimov, with a running time of 2h 22m. It stars Aleksey Petrenko, Anatoliy Romashin and Leonid Bronevoy.
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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What is Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin about?
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.
When was Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin released?
Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin was released on 1 September 1981.
How long is Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin?
Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin runs 2h 22m.
Who made Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin?
Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin was directed by 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
- Velta Līne as Aleksandra Fyodorovna
- Anatoliy Solonitsyn as Colonel
- Sergei Karnovich-Valua as Russian General
- Aleksandr Romantsov as Yusupov
- Pavel Pankov as Manus
- Nelli Pshyonnaya as baroness