The 13th Apostle

The 13th Apostle
Directed by	Suren Babayan
Written by	Suren Babayan Georgiy Nikolayev
Starring	Juozas Budraitis Andrei Boltnev Vladas Bagdonas Armen Dzhigarkhanyan Donatas Banionis
Cinematography	Artyom Melkumyan
Edited by	L. Eryomenko
Music by	Edouard Ayrapetyan
Production company	Armenfilm
Release date	1988 (1988)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

The 13th Apostle (Russian: 13-й апостол, romanized: Trinadtsatyy apostol) is a 1988 Soviet science fiction film directed by Suren Babayan, loosely based on The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury.

Plot

The crew of а space expedition dies under mysterious circumstances. After 15 years, an inspector investigates the reasons for the closing of a promising planet. To do this, he visits the only surviving member of the crew - Captain Amos, who now lives in a shelter for retired astronauts. In the report, he made a ban on further exploration of this planet.

It turns out that the inhabitants of the planet took on the appearance of the crew members' deceased relatives to inspire the idea that a quarantine regime is needed in this place. Moreover, the captain returns accompanied by a certain being (the "apostle"), who possesses Absalom.

Cast

• Juozas Budraitis — Captain Amos
• Andrei Boltnev — Inspector
• Vladas Bagdonas — Apostle / Absalom
• Armen Dzhigarkhanyan — David, director of the shelter
• Donatas Banionis — father
• Algis Matulionis — priest
• Valentinas Masalskis - member of the expedition
• Juris Riiinieks — member of the expedition
• Mikk Mikiver — member of the expedition (in credits Mick Mikiver)
• Karen Dzhanibekyan — member of the expedition
• Vladimir Kocharyan
• Levon Nersesyan
• Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė — Maria
• Elle Kull — Elma, nurse in the shelter
• Irena Kuksenate
• Neole Geljinite
• Irena Cresuote
• Ilona Balsite
• Joseph Nalbandian
• Georgiy Sichkar
• Mikael Dovlatyan

External links

The 13th Apostle at IMDb