

The Island
2006-11-23 · 112 min · ★ 6.9
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.
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- Directors
- Pavel Lungin
- Production companies
- Pavel Lungin Studio
- Countries
- Russia
- Status
- Released
- Revenue
- USD 3,557,508
Top Cast
Pyotr MamonovFather Anatoli
Viktor SukhorukovFather Filaret
Yuriy KuznetsovTikhon Petrovich, admiral
Dmitriy DyuzhevFather Iov
Viktoriya IsakovaNastya
Aleksey Zelenskyyoung Tikhon
Timofey Tribuntsevyoung Anatoli
Nina Usatovawidow
Yana Esipovichgirl
Olga Demidova
Sergey Burunov
Svetlana Obidina
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