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Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin

65% | Sep 01, 1981 | 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
Elem Klimov
Director

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Anatoliy Romashin
Nicholas II
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Leonid Bronevoy
Manasevich-Manuilov
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Yuri Katin-Yartsev
Purishkevich

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