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Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin

Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin

Monk. Heretic. Messiah. Madman.

1981•2h 22m•6.7/10
HistoryDrama

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6.7/10(47)

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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Mosfilm

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RU

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Aleksey Petrenko

Aleksey Petrenko

Rasputin

Anatoliy Romashin

Anatoliy Romashin

Nicholas II

Leonid Bronevoy

Leonid Bronevoy

Manasevich-Manuilov

Alisa Freyndlikh

Alisa Freyndlikh

Vyrubova

Yuri Katin-Yartsev

Yuri Katin-Yartsev

Purishkevich

Mikhail Svetin

Mikhail Svetin

Terekhov

Velta Līne

Velta Līne

Aleksandra Fyodorovna

Anatoliy Solonitsyn

Anatoliy Solonitsyn

Colonel

Sergei Karnovich-Valua

Sergei Karnovich-Valua

Russian General

Aleksandr Romantsov

Aleksandr Romantsov

Yusupov

Pavel Pankov

Pavel Pankov

Manus

Nelli Pshyonnaya

Nelli Pshyonnaya

baroness

Aleksey Vanin

Aleksey Vanin

legatee's educator

Lyudmila Polyakova

Lyudmila Polyakova

Paraskeva, Rasputin's wife

Olga Grigoryeva

Olga Grigoryeva

holy fool lady (uncredited)

Boris Romanov

Boris Romanov

Balashov

Aleksandr Pavlov

Aleksandr Pavlov

Sukhotin

Vladimir Osenev

Vladimir Osenev

Sturmer

Mikaela Drozdovskaya

Mikaela Drozdovskaya

Rasputin's lady

Olegar Fedoro

Olegar Fedoro

officer

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