Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin (1981)
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01 Sep 1981
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History
Drama
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.
Featured Crew
| Ilya Nusinov | Writer |
| Semyon Lungin | Writer |
| Elem Klimov | Director |
| Alfred Schnittke | Original Music Composer |
| Valeriya Belova | Editor |
| Sergey Voronkov | Production Design |
| Tatyana Vadetskaya | Costume Design |
| Vladimir Yakovlev | Makeup Artist |
| Boris Vengerovsky | Sound |
| Leonid Kalashnikov | Director of Photography |
