Arkadi KOLTSATY
Аркадий КОЛЬЦАТЫЙ
Arkadi KOLTSATY
USSR, 1967, 83mn 
fiction
The Mysterious Monk
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Таинственный монах

 

 Le Moine mystérieux

 Tainstvennyy monakh

 
Directed by : Arkadi KOLTSATY (Аркадий КОЛЬЦАТЫЙ)
Production : Mosfilm
Spectators : 37,6 millions of spectators
Release date in Russia : 30/09/1968
 
Site : IMDb

Plot synopsis
Ukraine, 1920. Two White Guards, Vorontsov (Vladimir Druzhnikov) and Stronsky (Alexander Belyavsky), are fleeing from the Red Army captivity. They reach a monastery, where a White Guard detachment is hiding under the guise of monks. Vorontsov leads it and is waiting for the signal to move to the settlements occupied by the Red Army. He does not suspect that his friend - "former journalist" Stronsky is a Chekist ...
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Thaw Films : 1953-1968, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023