Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin
Monk. Heretic. Messiah. Madman.
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- Drama
- History
Overview
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.
Keywords
- monk
- historical figure
- rasputin
- imperial russia
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 1, 1981
- Original language
- Russian
- Spoken languages
- Russian
- Countries
- Soviet Union
- Production
- Mosfilm
- Cast
- Mikhail Svetin,Ivan Ryzhov,Shavkat Abdusalamov,Larisa Shepitko,Boris Romanov,Arkadiy Arkadyev,Sergey Muchenikov,Natalya Bespalova,Aleksandr Romantsov,Alisa Freyndlikhand 41 more
- Director
- Elem Klimov
- Writer
- Ilya Nusinov,Semyon Lungin
- Producer
- Semyon Kutikov
- Cinematography
- Leonid Kalashnikov
- Music
- Alfred Schnittke
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0081991