Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin (1981)
Overview
Russian monk Grigori Rasputin rises to power, which corrupts him along the way. His sexual perversions and madness ultimatly leads to his gruesome assasination.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ru |
| Popularity | 3.858 |
Directed By
Elem Klimov
Crew
Ilya Nusinov
Elem Klimov
Semyon Lungin
Alfred Schnittke
Valeriya Belova
Tatyana Vadetskaya
Boris Vengerovsky
Leonid Kalashnikov
Shavkat Abdusalamov
Sergey Voronkov
Vladimir Yakovlev
Shavkat Abdusalamov
TOP CAST
Aleksey Petrenko
Rasputin
Anatoliy Romashin
Nicholas II
Leonid Bronevoy
Manasevich-Manuilov
Alisa Freyndlikh
Vyrubova
Yuri Katin-Yartsev
Purishkevich
Mikhail Svetin
Terekhov
Velta Līne
Aleksandra Fyodorovna
Anatoliy Solonitsyn
Colonel
Sergei Karnovich-Valua
Russian General
Aleksandr Romantsov
Yusupov
Pavel Pankov
Manus
Nelli Pshyonnaya
baroness
Aleksey Vanin
legatee's educator
Lyudmila Polyakova
Paraskeva, Rasputin's wife
Olga Grigoryeva
holy fool lady (uncredited)
Boris Romanov
Balashov
Aleksandr Pavlov
Sukhotin
Vladimir Osenev
Sturmer
Mikaela Drozdovskaya
Rasputin's lady
Olegar Fedoro
officer
Sergei Golovanov
Polivanov
Boris Ivanov
doctor Lazovert
Aleksandr Kalyagin
narrator (voice)
Pantelejmon Krymov
valet
Lev Lemke
Nathanson
Dmitriy Orlovskiy
Rasputin's villager
Anatoliy Ravikovich
supplicant
Valentina Talyzina
Aglaya Akilina
Georgiy Teykh
Rubinstein
Mikhail Danilov
prince Mikhail Andronnikov
Pyotr Arzhanov
Goremykin
Anel Sudakevich
countess Golovina
Shavkat Abdusalamov
Badmaev's assistant
Arkadiy Arkadyev
Rodzyanko
Oskar Lind
accountant
Aleksandr Vokach
Balashov
Ivan Ryzhov
Rasputin's villager
Natalya Bespalova
Matryona
Anatoliy Garichev
father Iakov
Nikolay Lirov
legatee
Tatyana Kuznetsova
Rasputin's red lady
Yevgeny Gurov
emperor's valet
Afanasiy Trishkin
Maklakov
Galina Nikulina
singer
Sergey Muchenikov
the grand duke Dmitriy Pavlovich
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