The Muslim

The Muslim (1995)

Drama

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.

Director: Vladimir Khotinenko

Casts

	Evgeny Mironov as Kolya Ivanov the Mussulman
	Aleksandr Baluev as Brother
	Nina Usatova as Mother
	Evdokiya Germanova as Vera
	Pyotr Zaychenko as Village Head
	Ivan Bortnik as
	Vladimir Ilin as
	Aleksandr Peskov as
	Sergey Taramaev as

Crew