---
title: 'Agony (1981)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Elem Klimov'
released: '1981-07-21'
runtime_minutes: 148
genres:
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/agony-1981'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081991/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Agony (1981)

1981 · 148 min · History · Soviet Union

Original title: Агония

## Synopsis

Agony is a 1981 Soviet biographical film by Elem Klimov, made c.1973-75 and released in Western and Central Europe in 1982, 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Elem Klimov](https://cinepixo.com/people/elem-klimov)
- **Producer:** [Elem Klimov](https://cinepixo.com/people/elem-klimov)
- **Screenplay:** [Semyon Lungin](https://cinepixo.com/people/semyon-lungin), [Ilya Nusinov](https://cinepixo.com/people/ilya-nusinov)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alfred Schnittke](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-schnittke)
- **Director of Photography:** [Leonid Kalashnikov](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonid-kalashnikov)

## Cast

- [Aleksei Petrenko](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksei-petrenko) as Grigori Rasputin
- [Lev Lemke](https://cinepixo.com/people/lev-lemke)
- [Leonid Bronevoy](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonid-bronevoy)
- [Anel Sudakevich](https://cinepixo.com/people/anel-sudakevich)
- [Velta Līne](https://cinepixo.com/people/velta-line)
- [Yury Katin-Yartsev](https://cinepixo.com/people/yury-katin-yartsev)
- [Alisa Freindlich](https://cinepixo.com/people/alisa-freindlich)
- [Anatoly Solonitsyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/anatoly-solonitsyn)
- [Aleksandr Romantsov](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksandr-romantsov)
- [Anatoly Ravikovich](https://cinepixo.com/people/anatoly-ravikovich)
- [Anatoliy Romashin](https://cinepixo.com/people/anatoliy-romashin)

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