''The Sword Bearer'' (russian: Меченосец, Mechenosets) is a 2006

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directed by

Filipp Yankovsky Filipp Olegovich Yankovsky (russian: Фили́пп Оле́гович Янко́вский) is a Russian actor and film director. He was born on October 10, 1968, to actor Oleg Yankovsky. Life and career Filipp Yankovsky was born October 10, 196 ...

, based on Yevgeni Danilenko's book of the same name.

Plot summary

Sasha walks through his life, leaving a bloody trace behind him. He is chased after. But evil be to the pursuer who will manage to draw up with him. The older he grows, the more he becomes a rectification tool against injustice. The more appalling is a crime, the more dreadful is his punishment. Shocking and unfathomable events slash the tissue of present-day reality. Gradually Sasha becomes too dangerous to live among people, and one day the entire world revolts against him. He possesses a supernatural power, enabling him to destroy everything on his way. SHE makes her sudden appearance on his way. Ignorant of his supernatural powers, she falls in love with him.

Cast

Artyom Tkachenko Artyom Valeryevich Tkachenko (russian: Артём Валерьевич Ткаченко; born April 30, 1982) is a Russian film and theater actor. Biography He engaged in the theater studio under the direction of Boris Beinenson. After school h ...

as ''Sasha'' *

Chulpan Khamatova Chulpan Nailevna Khamatova PAR (russian: Чулпан Наилевна Хаматова; tt-Cyrl, Чулпан Наил кызы Хаматова; born 1 October 1975) is a Russian film, theater and TV actress Biography Early life and theat ...

as ''Katya'' * Alexey Gorbunov as ''Klim'' *

Tatyana Lyutaeva Tatyana Borisovna Lyutaeva (russian: Татьяна Борисовна Лютаева, born 12 March 1965) is a Soviet, Lithuanian, Russian theater actress, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2014). Member of the Union of Cinematographers ...

as ''Bella'' * Leonid Gromov as ''Roshin'' *

Aleksei Zharkov Aleksei Dmitrievich Zharkov (russian: Алексей Дмитриевич Жарков; 27 March 1948 – 5 June 2016) was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. He was a People's Artist of Russia (1994). Biography Aleksei Dmitrievich Zharko ...

as ''father'' *

Nadezhda Markina Nadezhda Konstantinovna Markina (russian: Наде́жда Константиновна Маркина; born 29 January 1959) is a Soviet and Russian actress. She was nominated for the Best Performance by an Actress at the European Film Awards, t ...

as ''Sasha's mother''

References

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