The film "Monk and the Demon" (2016): actors, plot

The actors of the film "Monk and the Demon" (2016) speak quite well about this work. This is the tragicomic parable of Nikolai Dostal, in which you can see the elements and moods of the characters in the novels of Nikolai Gogol, Alexander Pushkin and Nikolai Leskov.

The plot of the picture

Among the actors of the film "Monk and the Demon" (2016) there are many notable and outstanding domestic masters. Spectators become witnesses to events that take place in Russia in the 19th century. A mysterious and suspicious inhabitant is declared in a man’s monastery who works miracles, named Ivan. The abbot is forced to restrain him, as he doubts the divine nature of his strength.

In the end, it turns out that all this time Ivan was tempted by a demon, whose name is Legion. The main character exchanges his soul for the demon to deliver him to the Holy Land. The Legion moves Ivan through the air to Jerusalem, despite the fact that demons are not supposed to be there, and they can hardly move this area.

Ivan in Jerusalem begins to behave like Christ. He turns over the stalls with goods of local merchants who sell souvenirs under the guise of sacred relics, tries to drive them away exactly as the Savior did. But he is badly beaten. By death, by paradoxical coincidence, only the devil saves him, using black magic.

Then, having bowed to the Holy Sepulcher, Ivan carries the demon with him. He loses his incredible strength and almost dies. In Russia they are mistaken for tramps, sent to prison, where the protagonist’s life ends. The Legion, on the other hand, comes to the very monastery where this whole story began to become one of the novices.

Timofey Tribuntsev

In the film "The Monk and the Demon" (2016), the actor who plays the main role is Timothy Tribuntsev. This is the monk Ivan, who throughout the story struggles with strong temptations.

This is a famous domestic actor who managed to make a name for himself not only in the cinema, but also in the theater. It can be seen on the stage of the Satyricon Theater, many independent theater projects.

His film debut began with the series Truckers. The first role in the feature film was an episodic image in the military film of Nikolai Lebedev "Star". At the moment, he has already completed several dozen roles. He is considered one of the most sought-after actors in modern cinema.

In 2017, he received the Nika Award for Best Actor in the film Monk and the Demon (2016). The actors and the roles they play organically fit together. This was noted by the jury of the festival.

George Fetisov

Among the actors of the film "Monk and the Demon" you need to highlight George Fetisov. He got the image of a demon named Legion.

Fetisov himself is from Krasnoyarsk. He admits that he began to dream about cinema at the age of three. He studied at the acting department of the Derzhavin International Slavic Institute. Permanent actor of the theater "School of Dramatic Art".

He performed his first film role in 2010. It was the series "Capercaillie. Return." Work with Nikolai Dostal was his first serious role in the domestic full-length cinema. More recently, Fetisov starred in the historical and dramatic series of Vladimir Khotinenko "Demon of Revolution", accustomed to the image of Grigory Zinoviev.

Boris Kamorzin

In the film "The Monk and the Demon" (2016), actor Boris Kamorzin plays the abbot and rector of the monastery. For his work, he, just like Tribuntsev, received the “Nick” figurine, but for the best supporting role. It is worth recognizing that the creators of the tape managed to pick up a really brilliant acting ensemble, albeit from little-known actors.

Kamorzin was born in Bryansk. He studied at the theater school named after Schukin. He worked in many theaters in the capital - the Moscow Theater of Young Spectators, the Vakhtangov Theater, in a theater called the "Community of Taganka Actors".

He played his first movie role with Nikolai Dostal in the famous tragicomedy of 1990, Cloud-Paradise, playing comrade Saratov. Among his striking and notable works, it is also worth highlighting the participation in Valery Chikov’s tragicomedy “Could you send a messenger to us?”, The action movie of Yegor Konchalovsky “Antikiller”, the detective series Sergey Ursulyak “Liquidation”, the serial comedy by Alexei Kiryushchenko “The Adventures of the Soldier Ivan Chonkin”, road -movi Sergei Loznitsa "My happiness."

Sergey Barkovsky

In the film "Monk and the Demon", actor Sergei Barkovsky plays Alexander Khristoforovich Benckendorff, a real-life character who appears in the film.

Barkovsky is an Honored Artist of Russia. He has dozens of roles in film and theater. Work in the film "The Monk and the Demon" is one of the most noticeable in recent years, because Barkovsky increasingly agrees to star in the series. For example, it can be seen in the series “Londongrad”, “Kitchen”, “Secrets of the investigation”, “At Risk”.

Among his memorable works in feature films, one can single out Dr. Rogerson in Vitaly Melnikov’s historical drama "Poor, Poor Pavel", Mikhail Gorbachev in the television series Sergei Snezhkin "Brezhnev".