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A Russian soldier who spent ten years in captivity in Afghanistan, returns to his home village and shocks all its inhabitants because of his conversion to Islam. During his absence, his father hanged himself, his brother served a prison term and his former fiancée has become a woman of very low morals. The village is the scene of endless drinking while the local boss is selling off the land for dollars to new-rich Russians. Our hero turns out as the only sober and hard-working member of the community. However, his attachment to his new faith soon provokes the hatred and rejection of everyone else, including his own family.Read moreLess
A Russian soldier who spent ten years in captivity in Afghanistan, returns to his home village and shocks all its inhabitants because of his conversion to Islam. During his absence, his father hanged himself, his brother served a prison term and his former fiancée has become a woman of very low morals. The village is the scene of endless drinking while the local boss is selling off the land for dollars to new-rich Russians. Our hero turns out as the only sober and hard-working member of the community. However, his attachment to his new faith soon provokes the hatred and rejection of everyone else, including his own family.
The story
A Russian soldier who spent ten years in captivity in Afghanistan, returns to his home village and shocks all its inhabitants because of his conversion to Islam. During his absence, his father hanged himself, his brother served a prison term and his former fiancée has become a woman of very low morals. The village is the scene of endless drinking while the local boss is selling off the land for dollars to new-rich Russians. Our hero turns out as the only sober and hard-working member of the community. However, his attachment to his new faith soon provokes the hatred and rejection of everyone else, including his own family.
Cast & crew
Evgeny MironovKolya Ivanov the Mussulman
Aleksandr BaluevBrother
Nina UsatovaMother
Evdokiya Germanova
Pyotr ZaychenkoVillage Head
Ivan BortnikCast
Vladimir IlinCast
Aleksandr PeskovCast
Sergey TaramaevCastExplore the crew
- Director
- Vladimir Khotinenko
- Writer
- Valeri Zalotukha
- Director of Photography
- Alexey Rodionov
- Producer
- Vladimir Repnikov
- Producer
- Vladimir Khotinenko
- Editor
- Svetlana Tarik