The Russian Cross
2010 · Русский крест
Directed by Grigoriy Lubomirov
July 1941, the town of Gdov. Father Alexander, a priest, is being held in the NKVD's dungeons. He was imprisoned for preaching to the faithful about the saints who pleaded with the Savior not to abandon Russia in the ongoing war, but the Savior replied that Russia was so filled with the filth of desolation that it was no longer possible to tolerate these injustices, and that the war was a just punishment for a country that had forgotten God. Such words could not go unnoticed, and Captain Yakovlev of the State Security accused Father Alexander of aiding the advancing Germans...
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July 1941, the town of Gdov. Father Alexander, a priest, is being held in the NKVD's dungeons. He was imprisoned for preaching to the faithful about the saints who pleaded with the Savior not to abandon Russia in the ongoing war, but the Savior replied that Russia was so filled with the filth of desolation that it was...
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- 2010-04-03
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- Gorod
- Country
- Russia
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Grigoriy Lubomirov
Director
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Evgeniy Sidikhin
Father Alexander (Pyotr Andreyevich Yermakov)
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Dmitriy Nagiev
Captain Yakovlev of State Security
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Lev Durov
Schemamonk Epiphanius
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Dina Korzun
Mariya
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Artur Bogdanov
Krasnyy Octyabr
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Sabrina Danchenko
Rada
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Lyubov Germanova
Agafya Deryugina
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Petar Zekavica
chief lieutenant