Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin

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Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin

"Monk. Heretic. Messiah. Madman."

1981

2h 22m

6.6(41 votes)

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Drama

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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51 members

Acting

Алексей Петренко

Rasputin

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Анатолий Ромашин

Nicholas II

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Леонид Броневой

Manasevich-Manuilov

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Алиса Фрейндлих

Vyrubova

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Юрий Катин-Ярцев

Purishkevich

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Михаил Светин

Terekhov

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Velta Līne

Aleksandra Fyodorovna

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Анатолий Солоницын

Colonel

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Сергей Карнович-Валуа

Russian General

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Александр Романцов

Yusupov

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Павел Панков

Manus

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Нелли Пшенная

baroness

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Алексей Ванин

legatee's educator

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Людмила Полякова

Paraskeva, Rasputin's wife

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Ольга Григорьева

holy fool lady (uncredited)

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Борис Романов

Balashov

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Александр Павлов

Sukhotin

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Владимир Осенев

Sturmer

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Микаэла Дроздовская

Rasputin's lady

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Olegar Fedoro

officer

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Сергей Голованов

Polivanov

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Борис Иванов

doctor Lazovert

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Александр Калягин

narrator (voice)

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Пантелеймон Крымов

valet

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Лев Лемке

Nathanson

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Дмитрий Орловский

Rasputin's villager

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Анатолий Равикович

supplicant

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Валентина Талызина

Aglaya Akilina

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Георгий Тейх

Rubinstein

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Михаил Данилов

prince Mikhail Andronnikov

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Петр Аржанов

Goremykin

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Анель (Анна) Судакевич

countess Golovina

Art

Шавкат Абдусаламов

Badmaev's assistant

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Arkadiy Arkadyev

Rodzyanko

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Natalya Antonova

Unknown Role

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Оскар Линд

accountant

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Александр Вокач

Balashov

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Иван Рыжов

Rasputin's villager

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Элеонора Александрова

Unknown Role

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Natalya Bespalova

Matryona

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Анатолий Гаричев

father Iakov

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Nikolay Lirov

legatee

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Татьяна Кузнецова

Rasputin's red lady

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Евгений Гуров

emperor's valet

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Афанасий Тришкин

Maklakov

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Галина Никулина

singer

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Sergey Muchenikov

the grand duke Dmitriy Pavlovich

Directing

Larisa Shepitko

Unknown Role

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Байтен Омаров

Unknown Role

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Сергей Свистунов

Aleksey Brusilov

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Алла Майкова

Lidiya Nikitina

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