The Mysterious Monk

Mysterious Monk (Russian: Таинственный монах, romanized: Tainstvenniy monakh) is a 1967 Stereoscopic 3-D action film directed by Arkady Koltsaty starring Vladimir Druzhnikov, Evgeny Zharikov, Valentin Zubkov and Tatyana Konyukhova. It was filmed in the Soviet stereoscopic system “Stereo-70”. For many years it held the record among Soviet stereofilms for the most rentals, for both 3D and 2D screenings.^[2]

The Mysterious Monk
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Directed by	Arkady Koltsaty
Written by	Gely Ryabov Aleksei Nagorny
Starring	Vladimir Druzhnikov Evgeny Zharikov Valentin Zubkov Tatyana Konyukhova
Cinematography	Pyotr Terpsikhorov
Music by	Nikita Bogoslovsky
Distributed by	Mosfilm
Release date	1967 (1967)
Running time	83 min[1]
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Plot

Set during the Russian Civil War, Ukraine, in the autumn of 1920, two Chekist former circus performers attempt to foil the plans of the White Russian army, remnants of which have hidden in a monastery. A more experienced Chekist enters the monastery in the guise of Lieutenant Stronsky to uncover the enemy's plans.

Cast

• Vladimir Druzhnikov as Vorontsov
• Evgeny Zharikov as Latyshev
• Valentin Zubkov as Lobov
• Tatyana Konyukhova as Zinaida Pavlovna
• Stanislav Chekan as Yelpidifor
• Aleksandr Belyavsky as Stronsky
• Pyotr Sobolevsky