Agoniya (Agony) - Soviet film based on life of Rasputin

Agoniya (Agony) - 1981 Soviet film based on life of Gregori Rasputin Genre: Drama / History Directed by Elem Klimov Duration: 02h22m13s Audio: MP3 192kbps (Russian) / w English Subs Video: MPEG-4 / XviD - DVD rip (approx. 1.2 GB) Details the life of the Russian monk. The film shows his rise to power and how it corrupted him. His sexual perversions and madness ultimatly leads to his gruesome assasination. PLUS extra documentary on the film's Director Klimov. Durarion: 00h50m15s Audio: MP3 192kbps (Russian) / w English Subs Video: MPEG-4 / XviD - DVD rip (approx. 400 MB) Interviews, etc. Both a mix of B & W and Colour. More on the film... Plot Summary for Agoniya (1981) Russia, 1916. Be it by craft or madness, Rasputin exercises power over the indecisive Nicholas, and the religious Czarina worships the Siberian as God. He manipulates the Czar in his relations with the Duma and influences the choice of a new premier. Rasputin assaults a baroness; her husband is jailed for defending her, and she must offer sexual favors to Rasputin to save her husband. The Czar finally orders Rasputin from St. Petersburg, but somehow he enters the palace and, in a disheveled trance, convinces the Czar to make a disastrous change in war strategy. A cadre of nobles take matters into their own hands and arrange a last dinner party for the interloping monk.