The Island (2006 film)
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| Directed by | Pavel Lungin |
| Produced by |
Pavel Lungin Sergei Shumakov Olga Vasilieva |
| Written by | Dmitry Sobolev |
| Starring |
Petr Mamonov Viktor Sukhorukov Dmitri Dyuzhev |
| Music by | Vladimir Martynov |
| Cinematography | Andrei Zhegalov |
| Distributed by | Pavel Lungin's Studio |
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112 minutes |
| Country | Russia |
| Language |
Russian German |
| Budget | $ 1,900,000 |
Ostrov (Russian: Остров, The Island) is a 2006 Russian film about a fictional 20th century Eastern Orthodox monk. The film closed the 2006 Venice Film Festival, proved to be a moderate box-office success and won both the Nika Award and the Golden Eagle Award as the Best Russian film of 2006. The filming location was the city of Kem, in Karelia, on the shores of the White Sea.
During World War II, the sailor Anatoly and his captain, Tikhon, are captured by the Germans when they board their barge and tugboat which is carrying a shipment of coal. The Nazi officer leading the raid offers Anatoly the choice to shoot Tikhon and stay alive which Anatoly reluctantly takes, and Tikhon falls overboard. The Nazis blow up the ship but Anatoly is found by Russian Orthodox monks on the shore the next morning. He survives and becomes a stoker at the monastery but is perpetually overcome with guilt.
Thirty years pass. Anatoly now has the gifts of prophecy and healing. But the other monks do not really understand him. People come to see Anatoly for cures and guidance, but even now, he remains in a perpetual state of repentance. He often gets in a boat and goes to an uninhabited island where he prays for mercy and forgiveness.
A prominent admiral and his daughter arrive to see Anatoly. The daughter is possessed by a demon but Anatoly exorcises it. The admiral turns out to be Tikhon. It is revealed that Anatoly only wounded him during the war. Tikhon forgives Anatoly.
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