Film "Agony": cinematographic image of the Siberian peasant G. Rasputin

The article analyzes the film.Agony. (1974) directed by E. Klimov. It focuses on the cinematographic images of the Siberian peasant G. Rasputin as acted by A. Petrenko. It is concluded that, despite some artistic exaggerations, on the whole, this cinematographic image is historically accurate as it is based on the recollections of Rasputin.s contemporaries.