Released:
1981-09-01

Overview:
As an adviser to the emperor Nicholas II, mystic Grigori Rasputin holds great influence over the empire. However, many in St Petersburg begin to regard Rasputin, with his strange practices and mesmerizing qualities, as a liability and plot his assassination. 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

Runtime:
2h 22min

Genre:
History, Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Aleksey Petrenko
  as
  Rasputin
• 
  Anatoliy Romashin
  as
  Nicholas II
• 
  Leonid Bronevoy
  as
  Manasevich-Manuilov
• 
  Alisa Freyndlikh
  as
  Vyrubova
• 
  Yuri Katin-Yartsev
  as
  Purishkevich