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Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin

1981 · 142 min

A slow, hypnotic plunge into imperial decay, rich with baroque imagery and unsettling psychological intensity.

Tagline
Monk. Heretic. Messiah. Madman.
Overview
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.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • power
  • corruption
  • faith
  • madness
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
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Action2
Horror3
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
history, drama
Directed by
Elem Klimov
Written by
Semyon Lungin, Ilya Nusinov
Starring
Aleksey Petrenko, Anatoliy Romashin, Leonid Bronevoy, Alisa Freyndlikh, Yuri Katin-Yartsev, Mikhail Svetin, Velta Līne, Anatoliy Solonitsyn
Music
Alfred Schnittke
Cinematography
Leonid Kalashnikov
Runtime
142 min
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Russian

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