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Agony (Russian: Агония, translit. Agoniya; U.S. theatrical/DVD title Rasputin) is a film by Elem Klimov, made c.1973-75 and released in Western and Central Europe in 1982 (USA and Soviet Union 1985), after protracted resistance from Soviet authorities. The film is notable for its rich, sometimes baroque style, its sumptuous recreation of episodes from the final year of Imperial Russia and the psychological portraits of Grigori Rasputin and the Imperial family.
Original Release
09/01/1981
US Release
11/15/1985
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Aleksey Petrenko | Grigori Rasputin / Rasputin |
| Anatoliy Romashin | Nicholas II |
| Velta Line | Aleksandra Fyodorovna |
| Alisa Freyndlikh | Vyrubova |
| Aleksandr Romantsov | Yusupov |
| Yuriy Katin-Yartsev | Purishkevich |
| Leonid Bronevoy | Manasevich-Manuilov |
| Pavel Pankov | Manus |
| Mikhail Danilov | Andronnikov |
| Mikhail Svetin | Terekhov |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Aleksey Petrenko | Grigori Rasputin / Rasputin |
| Anatoliy Romashin | Nicholas II |
| Velta Line | Aleksandra Fyodorovna |
| Alisa Freyndlikh | Vyrubova |
| Aleksandr Romantsov | Yusupov |
| Yuriy Katin-Yartsev | Purishkevich |
| Leonid Bronevoy | Manasevich-Manuilov |
| Pavel Pankov | Manus |
| Mikhail Danilov | Andronnikov |
| Mikhail Svetin | Terekhov |
| Nelli Pshyonnaya | Baroness |
| Aleksey Vanin | Vospitatel cesarevitcha |
| Lyudmila Polyakova | Paraskeva |
| Olga Grigoreva | Yurodivaya |
| Boris Romanov | Balashov |
| Sergey Muchenikov | Dmitri Pavlovich |
| Aleksandr Pavlov | Sukhotin |
| Baiten Omarov | Badmayev |
| Pyotr Arzhanov | Goremykin |
| Vladimir Osenev | Shturmer |
