The Island

The Island

6.9

Nov 23 2006

2h 52m

Drama, Comedy

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.

Pyotr Mamonov

Pyotr Mamonov

Father Anatoli

Viktor Sukhorukov

Viktor Sukhorukov

Father Filaret

Yuriy Kuznetsov

Yuriy Kuznetsov

Tikhon Petrovich, admiral

Dmitriy Dyuzhev

Dmitriy Dyuzhev

Father Iov

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