Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin (1981)
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.
Directed by: Elem Klimov
Top Billed Cast: Mikhail Svetin, Ivan Ryzhov, Shavkat Abdusalamov
Runtime: 142 minutes
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Aleksey Petrenko
Rasputin
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
Sergei Karnovich-Valua
Russian General
Aleksandr Romantsov
Yusupov
Pavel Pankov
Manus
Nelli Pshyonnaya
baroness
Aleksey Vanin
legatee's educator
Lyudmila Polyakova
Paraskeva, Rasputin's wife
Olga Grigoryeva
holy fool lady (uncredited)
Boris Romanov
Balashov
Aleksandr Pavlov
Sukhotin
Vladimir Osenev
Sturmer
Mikaela Drozdovskaya
Rasputin's lady
Olegar Fedoro
officer
Sergei Golovanov
Polivanov
Boris Ivanov
doctor Lazovert
Aleksandr Kalyagin
narrator (voice)
Pantelejmon Krymov
valet
Lev Lemke
Nathanson
Dmitriy Orlovskiy
Rasputin's villager
Anatoliy Ravikovich
supplicant
Valentina Talyzina
Aglaya Akilina
Georgiy Teykh
Rubinstein
Mikhail Danilov
prince Mikhail Andronnikov
Pyotr Arzhanov
Goremykin
Anel Sudakevich
countess Golovina
Shavkat Abdusalamov
Badmaev's assistant
Arkadiy Arkadyev
Rodzyanko
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Natalya Antonova
Oskar Lind
accountant
