The Island (2006 film)

The Island
Film poster
RussianОстров
Directed byPavel Lungin
Written byDmitry Sobolev
Produced byPavel Lungin
Sergei Shumakov
Olga Vasilieva
StarringPyotr Mamonov
Viktor Sukhorukov
Dmitri Dyuzhev
CinematographyAndrei Zhegalov
Edited byAlbina Altipenko
Music byVladimir Martynov
Production
company
Pavel Lungin Studio
Distributed byNashe Kino
Release dates
  • 27 June 2006 (2006-06-27) (Moscow)
  • 9 September 2006 (2006-09-09) (Venice)
  • 11 September 2006 (2006-09-11) (Toronto)
  • 23 November 2006 (2006-11-23) (Russia)
Running time
112 minutes
CountryRussia
LanguagesRussian
German
Box officeUS$3.6 million

The Island (Russian: Остров, romanized: Ostrov) is a 2006 Russian comedy-drama film directed by Pavel Lungin and written by Dmitry Sobolev. The film stars Pyotr Mamonov as a fictional 20th-century Eastern Orthodox monk.

Filming took place in the city of Kem, in Karelia, on the shores of the White Sea.[1] The film closed the 2006 Venice Film Festival, proved to be a moderate box-office success and won both the Nika Award and the China TV Golden Eagle Award as the Best Russian film of 2006. It received generally positive reviews from critics.

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