Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin

Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin

1981 · 142 min · RU · 6.8 (30 votes)
Dir. Elem Klimov · Starring Aleksey Petrenko, Anatoliy Romashin, Leonid Bronevoy, Alisa Freyndlikh, Yuri Katin-Yartsev, Mikhail Svetin · Music Alfred Schnittke

Monk. Heretic. Messiah. Madman.

HistoryDrama

Russian monk Grigori Rasputin rises to power, which corrupts him along the way. His sexual perversions and madness ultimatly leads to his gruesome assasination.

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A lavish, operatic descent into the madness and corruption of a charismatic figure. This historical drama feels both grand and intimate, exploring the intoxicating allure and destructive consequences of unchecked power in imperial Russia.

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monkhistorical figurerasputinimperial russia
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