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Rasputin

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As an adviser to the emperor Nicholas II (Anatoliy Romashin), mystic Grigori Rasputin (Aleksei Petrenko) holds great influence over the empire. However, many in St. Petersburg, Russia, begin to regard Rasputin, with his strange practices and mesmerizing qualities, as a liability and plot to assassinate him. 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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Keith Uhlich Slant Magazine 07/01/2006
2/4
Suffice to say that Elem Klimov's biopic of the mad monk Grigori Rasputin more than lives up to its title. Go to Full Review Kelly Vance East Bay Express 05/05/2010
From the vantage point of 1975, Klimov portrays the situation as a freewheeling absurdist carnival of grotesque laughs, always with the threat of violence. Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 02/06/2008
C+
Hysterical and overly melodramatic biopic on the madman charlatan monk Rasputin. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Elem Klimov

Director

Aleksey Petrenko

Grigori Rasputin

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Aleksandra Fyodorovna

Anatoliy Romashin

Nicholas II

Leonid Bronevoy

Manasevich-Manuilov

Mikhail Danilov

Andronnikov
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Synopsis As an adviser to the emperor Nicholas II (Anatoliy Romashin), mystic Grigori Rasputin (Aleksei Petrenko) holds great influence over the empire. However, many in St. Petersburg, Russia, begin to regard Rasputin, with his strange practices and mesmerizing qualities, as a liability and plot to assassinate him. 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.
Director
Elem Klimov
Genre
Biography
Original Language
Russian
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 1, 2007
Runtime
1h 44m
Sound Mix
Surround
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