Agony (1981 film)
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Directed by | Elem Klimov |
Written by | Semyon Lungin Ilya Nusinov |
Produced by | Elem Klimov |
Starring | Aleksei Petrenko |
Cinematography | Leonid Kalashnikov |
Edited by | Valeria Belova |
Music by | Alfred Schnittke |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Mosfilm |
Release dates | |
Running time | see below |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
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Plot
The storyline follows the final months of 1916 up to the murder of Rasputin; some events have been telescoped into this time though they actually happened earlier, during the war. Rasputin's effect on people around him is shown as almost hypnotic, and the film avoids taking a moral stance towards him—breaking not only with Soviet history but also with how he was regarded by people near the court at the time, some of whom regarded him as a debilitating figure who disgraced the monarchy and hampered the war effort.[2]
Cast
- Aleksei Petrenko as Grigori Rasputin
- Nicholas II
- Velta Līne as empress Alexandra Feodorovna
- Alisa Freindlich as Anna Vyrubova
- Aleksandr Romantsov as Felix Yusupov
- Yuri Katin-Yartsev as Vladimir Purishkevich
- Leonid Bronevoy as Ivan Manasevich-Manuilov
- Pavel Pankov as Manus
- Mickhail Danilov as Mikhail M. Andronikov
- Mikhail Svetin as Terekhov
- Boris Romanovas Balashov
- Lyudmila Polyakova as Praskovya Fyodorovna, Rasputin's wife
- Afanasi Trishkin as Maklakov
Release
The film went unshown until 1981, when it was screened at the
The versions released in the 1980s, and later on DVD, differ somewhat in length and the final voice-over newsreel shots of the 1917 revolution may have been added in to appease authorities.[8] The original mid-1970s cut does not seem to have survived, and it is unclear how much was rewritten or possibly reshot after 1975.
Alternate versions
At least four versions of the film exist, from 73 minutes,[9] 104 minutes, 142 minutes (the North American DVD release from Kino International) and 151 minutes (the 1982 international release).
References
- ISBN 978-1442268425.
- ^ ""Агония" двух империй. "Новая газета" N2, 15.01.2004". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
- ^ anderson (2011-08-10). "Agónie - konec Rasputina". Film (in Czech and Slovak). Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze.
- ^ Vlach, Zdeněk (2010-01-09). "Agónie konec Rasputina". Plakát (in Czech). Antikvariát Dana Kurovce. Archived from the original on 2012-05-01.
- ^ Spiró, György (1982-12-01). "Remekmű a léten túlról (Agónia)". Filmvilág. 1982 (12): 10–13.
- ISSN 0137-463X.
- ISSN 0137-463X.
- ^ "Agony (1981) - euTorrents". www.eutorrents.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ "Агония. Серия 1 :: Мосфильм". Mosfilm. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2 November 2022.