The Inhabited Island


The Inhabited Island Russian is a science fiction film directed by Fyodor Bondarchuk. The film was adapted by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko from the 1969 novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky of the same Russian name, published in English as Prisoners of Power a part of Noon Universe series. It is a dystopian story set on postapocalyptic planet Saraksh, ruled by totalitarian regime that brainwashes its citizens. Maxim Kammerer, a space explorer from Earth, crash lands on Saraksh and becomes involved in the planets everboiling politics.

Year 2157. Maxim Kammerer Stepanov, a space explorer from Earth, crash lands on an unknown planet. His ship is destroyed, and now hes stuck there like Robinson on an uninhabited island hence the title. Maxim encounters local military police, who dont believe Maxim is alien and send him to mental hospital in the capital. Guy Gaal Fyodorov, a corporal of the Guards, is assigned to escort Maxim.Maxim learns that the name of the planet is Saraksh, and the country where he landed is called Fatherland, because its ruled by a militaristic dictatorship of the Unknown Fathers. Strider Serebryakov, a powerful figure in the government, wants to see the newcomer he sends one of his men, Funk, after Maxim, but as they drive the street, Funk suffers from what seems to be a surge of epilepsy, and Maxim is left alone. He encounters Rada Gaal Snigir, a sister of Guy, falls in love with her and stays with the Gaals. Guy talks Maxim into becoming a privateer candidate in the Guards. They are forced to participate in brutal raids against the people called degenerates by state propaganda. After Maxim refuses to execute a group of captured degenerates, Guards commander Rittmeister Chachu shoots him and leaves him to his apparent death. ........

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