The Initiated

Volodya, who lives with his mother in the apartment on the outskirts of St. Petersburg, gets a pre-revolutionary book on magic rituals of Africa. Reading it, Vladimir realizes that he became an owner the supernatural gift – he can kill people by his own will.

Cast

Gor Oganisyan

as Volodya

Lyubov Polishchuk

as Мать

Aleksandr Trofimov

as Frolov

Yelena Bragina

as Vera

Sergey Makovetskiy

as Леха

Vladimir Simonov

as Немой

Gabriel Vorobyov

as Николай

Olga Samoshina

as Света

Alisa Fomina

David Oganisyan

as Young Volodya

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