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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	3 June 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 1950 book The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury.^[2]^[3]

Plot

The crew of а space expedition dies under mysterious circumstances. After 15 years, an inspector investigates why the exploration of a planet was abandoned. 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.