The Island

Nov 23, 2006

1h 52m

★ 6.9

Overview

Somewhere in Northern Russia in a small Russian Orthodox monastery lives an unusual man whose bizarre conduct confuses his fellow monks, while others who visit the island believe that the man has the power to heal, exorcise demons and foretell the future.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Pavel Lungin Studio

The Island Trailers

Cast

Father Anatoli

Pyotr Mamonov

Father Filaret

Viktor Sukhorukov

Tikhon Petrovich, admiral

Yuriy Kuznetsov

Father Iov

Dmitriy Dyuzhev

Nastya

Viktoriya Isakova

young Tikhon

Aleksey Zelensky

young Anatoli

Timofey Tribuntsev

widow

Nina Usatova

girl

Yana Esipovich

Olga Demidova

Sergey Burunov

Svetlana Obidina

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