Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin

1981 · Movie · 148 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)

Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin
Drama Biography Historical Russian Revolution

Details the life of the Russian monk Rasputin. The film shows his rise to power and how it corrupted him. His sexual perversions and madness ultimatly leads to his gruesome assasination.

Direction Elem Klimov

Cast Aleksei Petrenko · Anatoli Romashin · Velta Line · Alisa Freyndlikh · Aleksandr Romantsov · Anatoly Solonitsyn

Soundtrack Alfred Shnitke

Screenplay Semyon Lungin · Ilya Nusinov

Cinematography Leonid Kalashnikov

Original title Agoniya (Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin)

Also known as Rasputin

6.8

164 votes (FilmAffinity)

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