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ThrillerCrimeMystery

Eastern Promises

- Every sin leaves a mark.

A Russian teenager living in London dies during childbirth but leaves clues in her diary that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.

Release Date : 2007-09-14

Language :EnglishRussianTurkishUkrainianUrdu

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Focus FeaturesBBC FilmKudosSerendipity Point FilmsScion Films

Production Country : CanadaUnited KingdomUnited States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Viggo Mortensen

Character Name : Nikolai Luzhin

Original Name : Viggo Mortensen

Gender : Male

Naomi Watts

Character Name : Anna Ivanovna Khitrova

Original Name : Naomi Watts

Gender : Female

Vincent Cassel

Character Name : Kirill

Original Name : Vincent Cassel

Gender : Male

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Character Name : Semyon

Original Name : Armin Mueller-Stahl

Gender : Male

Sinéad Cusack

Character Name : Helen

Original Name : Sinéad Cusack

Gender : Female

Donald Sumpter

Character Name : Yuri

Original Name : Donald Sumpter

Gender : Male

Jerzy Skolimowski

Character Name : Stepan

Original Name : Jerzy Skolimowski

Gender : Male

Josef Altin

Character Name : Ekrem

Original Name : Josef Altin

Gender : Male

Mina E. Mina

Character Name : Azim

Original Name : Mina E. Mina

Gender : Male

Aleksandar Mikic

Character Name : Soyka

Original Name : Aleksandar Mikic

Gender : Male

Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse

Character Name : Tatiana

Original Name : Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse

Gender : Female

Lalita Ahmed

Character Name : Customer

Original Name : Lalita Ahmed

Gender : Female

Tatiana Maslany

Character Name : Tatiana (voice)

Original Name : Tatiana Maslany

Gender : Female

Tereza Srbova

Character Name : Kirilenko

Original Name : Tereza Srbova

Gender : Female

David Papava

Character Name : Chechen

Original Name : David Papava

Gender : Male

Tamer Hassan

Character Name : Chechen

Original Name : Tamer Hassan

Gender : Male

Raza Jaffrey

Character Name : Doctor Aziz

Original Name : Raza Jaffrey

Gender : Male

Elisa Lasowski

Character Name : Prostitute

Original Name : Elisa Lasowski

Gender : Female

Alice Henley

Character Name : Prostitute

Original Name : Alice Henley

Gender : Female

Tony Cook

Character Name : Football Hooligan (uncredited)

Original Name : Tony Cook

Gender : Male

Shannon-Fleur Roux

Character Name : Maria

Original Name : Shannon-Fleur Roux

Gender : Male

Badi Uzzaman

Character Name : Chemist

Original Name : Badi Uzzaman

Gender : Male

Doña Croll

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Doña Croll

Gender : Female

Lillibet Langley

Character Name : Violin Girl

Original Name : Lillibet Langley

Gender : Male

Mia Soteriou

Character Name : Azim's Wife

Original Name : Mia Soteriou

Gender : Female

Radosław Kaim

Character Name : Head Waiter

Original Name : Radosław Kaim

Gender : Male

Rhodri Miles

Character Name : Senior Officer

Original Name : Rhodri Miles

Gender : Male

Cristina Catalina

Character Name : Prostitute

Original Name : Cristina Catalina

Gender : Male

Faton Gerbeshi

Character Name : Pimp

Original Name : Faton Gerbeshi

Gender : Male

Gergo Danka

Character Name : Junior Waiter

Original Name : Gergo Danka

Gender : Male

Michael Sarne

Character Name : Valery

Original Name : Michael Sarne

Gender : Male

Boris Isarov

Character Name : Russian Boss

Original Name : Boris Isarov

Gender : Male

Yuri Klimov

Character Name : Russian Boss

Original Name : Yuri Klimov

Gender : Male

Andrzej Borkowski

Character Name : The Gypsy

Original Name : Andrzej Borkowski

Gender : Male

Olegar Fedoro

Character Name : Tattooist

Original Name : Olegar Fedoro

Gender : Male

Diane Beck

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Diane Beck

Gender : Female

Reviews

A

Andre Gonzales

@SoSmooth1982

2023-07-12

Really dumb boring movie. I'm just glad that I got this movie for free and didn't have to waste money on this garbage movie.

C

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-03-10

"Anna" (Naomi Watts) in the well meaning midwife who wants to repatriate a recently orphaned child with the family of it's deceased mother. All she has to go on is a diary, in Russian, so she takes it to her uncle "Stepan" (Jerzy Skolimowski) who doesn't really want anything to do with it! There's another clue, though - a card that leads her to a restaurant where she meets "Semyon" (Armin Mueller-Stahl), his rather obnoxious son "Kirill" (Vincent Cassel) and his henchman "Nikolai" (Viggo Mortensen). She gets the older man to agree to do some translating for her, but in the meantime her uncle has also decided to have a go after all - and what "Anna" soon discovers sends a shiver down her spine! She now has an idea as to the paternity of the child, but given what she is now experiencing, she faces quite a quandary in knowing what is best (and safest) to actually do. As she and her own family become more embroiled in the perilous antics of London's gangland activities, it might be that she needs to rely a little on "Nikolai" - the only piece on the board that might be able to help. What now ensues is a well acted and scripted story of power, violence brutality and family - and woe-betides anyone who crosses the hierarchy from the mother country. Watts is on good form here and of the men, Mortensen competently takes the top billing - but it's Cassel - usually a good character actor - who stands out here as the vodka-swilling and truly odious brute, and as the denouement looms the tension is palpable and the conclusion anything but predictable. This works better on a big screen if you can as that evokes a better sense of a London with an evil underbelly, but either way it's still at the better end of the vicious crime genre.