Every day, they steal your strength, your emotions, your love. We call them the Shadow. Work like us - to deliver them back to the Dark World. Impending disaster, and humanity can be at the mercy of darkness ... And only we can keep the balance

Petersburg at the end of the 19th century was embraced by a massive enthusiasm for the occult sciences and esotericism. British medium Olivia Reed arrives in the capital of the Russian Empire on tour and gathers crowds of people at her public spiritualistic sessions. At this time, a series of ritual mysterious murders takes place in the city. Girls are abducted on the streets, their mutilated bodies are found in various parts of the city. The investigation is carried out by a young police officer Rostov and his assistant Ganin. With each new victim, things are becoming more confused. Suspicion leads Rostov to Olivia, and he decides to turn to her in the hope that her genuine or imaginary ability to summon the spirits of the dead can help to get on the trail of the killer.

On the threshold of 22nd century, furrowing the space, protagonist from the Free Search Group makes emergency landing on an unknown planet where he must stay. People who are living on this planet have remained at the stone level of the 20th century, with its social problems, miserable ecology and shaky world..

2157年，22岁的青年马克西姆·卡梅尔（瓦西里·史特帕诺夫 Vasiliy Stepanov 饰）在作星际旅行时，意外坠毁在荒凉原始的萨拉什星球。被称为无名先祖的统治者利用发射塔放出的射线削弱子民的意志，但仍有部分人奋起反抗。与此同时，国与国之间的战争也一触即发。马克西姆凭借卓越的潜能和战斗力引起野心家们的关注，但他却最终站在反叛者的阵营里，决心破坏发射塔。在旅途中，马克西姆遇见一个20年前来到萨拉什的地球人，也正是他建立了所谓绝对服从的和平体制。似乎命运的安排，马克西姆如今将彻底打破旧有的体制，解放蓝蛇河的民众。他的冒险仍在继续……
本片根据Arkadi Strugatsky和Boris Strugatsky的科幻小说改编，系“人烟之岛三部曲”第二部。

2015 Russian romantic fantasy film directed by Indar Dzhendubaev