Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin

Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin

1981 · 142 min · RU · 6.8 (50 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

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.

VIBE

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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