Strong and Moving!

It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

a well known character. and his story. a theory. and the desire to give the right image about a Russian personality who, decade by decade, becomes more and more ambiguous. a film about Rasputin is always around the controversies. this movie is not an exception. and the motif to see it remains the perspective of director about a delicate subject. his death as ball of political plans and as symptom of deep crisis. the old Russia - subject of nostalgia and late dreams. the Imperial family as victim of challenges of period. the Russian cinema ways for give a special aura to historical films. and Ivan Okhlobystin as a Rasputin who has new traits comparing it with the others films about the same character. result, an explanation. about the context and the actors of a terrible crime. about the fall of an era. about the profound Russia.