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Rasputin (1981)
Agoniya (original title)

151 min  -  Biography | Drama | History  -   15 November 1985 (USA)
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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.

Director:

Elem Klimov

Writers:

Semyon Lungin, Ilya Nusinov

Stars:

Aleksey Petrenko, Anatoli Romashin and Velta Line
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Aleksey Petrenko Aleksey Petrenko ...
Anatoli Romashin Anatoli Romashin ...
Velta Line Velta Line ...
Alisa Freyndlikh Alisa Freyndlikh ...
Aleksandr Romantsov Aleksandr Romantsov ...
Yusupov (as A. Romantsov)
Yuri Katin-Yartsev Yuri Katin-Yartsev ...
Leonid Bronevoy Leonid Bronevoy ...
Manasevich-Manuilov
Pavel Pankov Pavel Pankov ...
Manus
Mikhail Danilov Mikhail Danilov ...
Andronnikov
Mikhail Svetin Mikhail Svetin ...
Terekhov
Nelli Pshyonnaya Nelli Pshyonnaya ...
Baroness
Aleksei Vanin Aleksei Vanin
Lyudmila Polyakova Lyudmila Polyakova
Olga Grigoryeva Olga Grigoryeva
Boris Romanov Boris Romanov ...
Balashov
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Russia, 1916. Be it by craft or madness, Rasputin exercises power over the indecisive Nicholas, and the religious Czarina worships the Siberian as God. He manipulates the Czar in his relations with the Duma and influences the choice of a new premier. Rasputin assaults a baroness; her husband is jailed for defending her, and she must offer sexual favors to Rasputin to save her husband. The Czar finally orders Rasputin from St. Petersburg, but somehow he enters the palace and, in a disheveled trance, convinces the Czar to make a disastrous change in war strategy. A cadre of nobles take matters into their own hands and arrange a last dinner party for the interloping monk. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>  

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Rasputin | Czar | Madness | Monk | Russia  | See more »

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Biography | Drama | History

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Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Агония See more »

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Technical Specs

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Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Sovcolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Goofs

Anachronisms: The episode where Rasputin was lured into a trap by clergymen didn't take place in 1916 but 5 years previously. It didn't go exactly as shown in the picture (no singing 'female lure' has ever been mentioned), though accounts differ as to what actually happened during the encounter. See more »

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References Caligula (1979) See more »