Agonia

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Movie
German title Agonia - Rasputin, God and Satan
Original title Агония
Country of production Soviet Union
original language Russian
Publishing year 1981
length 148 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
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Director Elem Klimow
script Semyon Lungin
Ilya Nussinow
music Alfred Schnittke
camera Leonid Kalashnikov
cut Valeria Belowa
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Agonia ( Russian Агония Agonija ) is a feature film by the Soviet director Elem Klimow . It is about the life of the Siberian farmer Rasputin , who came to great influence in the royal house at the beginning of the 20th century . The film was shot from 1966 to 1974, but was initially not allowed to be shown in the Soviet Union. It was only shown abroad in 1981 and finally in 1985 in the USSR.

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Part 1

Russia in 1916 is marked by irreconcilable differences between the working masses and the Tsarist house, plus the war against Germany . During this time Grigori Rasputin comes to power, a Siberian farmer, former horse thief , self-proclaimed faith healer, traveling preacher, a shady, fascinating personality. Venerated as a healer, he succeeds in gaining influence in the Tsarist house, and ultimately he determines the fate of the powerful in the country. Rasputin stirs up intrigues.

Part 2

Rasputin's influence is at its peak, and the once canonized is more and more feared as a "monster" at the Tsar's court. Even the tsar , degenerated into a puppet , is powerless against his intrigues. But it is precisely his own network of intrigues that causes Rasputin to stumble. His power is waning and his influence is dissipating, but with him the era of the tsar is drawing to a close.

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The feature film is enriched with original recordings from the respective years.

Reviews

Leonid Bronevoy judged on schnittberichte.com : The film describes the life of the Russian monk Rasputin. He shows his rise to power and how it corrupted him. His sexual perversions and madness ultimately lead to his gruesome murder.

Kino.de evaluated about “Agonia Rasputin, God and Satan: The fate of the Siberian monk against the background of the collapsing tsarist empire.”: “The fate of the Siberian monk and miracle healer is presented by Elem Klimow (“ Go and see ”) in his description of in the last years of the tsarist empire as an illustration of criminal power, using contemporary documentary recordings. Alexej Petrenko plays the lustful fanatic with tangled hair, a tousled beard and a hypnotic look. The film was banned in the USSR for ten years and was only released after Klimov became chairman of the Association of Russian Filmmakers. "

The film was also released on DVD.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Agonia - Rasputin, God and Satan at schnittberichte.com , accessed on February 23, 2020.
  2. ↑ Film review at Kino.de , accessed on February 23, 2020.
  3. ↑ Agonia - Rasputin, Gott und Satan at dvd-forum.at, accessed on February 23, 2020.