Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin

IMDb 6.7 1981 • 142 min • HistoryDrama

Director

Elem Klimov

Country

SU

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

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