Volodya, who lives with his mother in the apartment on the outskirts of St. Petersburg, gets a pre-revolutionary book on magic rituals of Africa. Reading it, Vladimir realizes that he became an owner the supernatural gift – he can kill people by his own will.
Unfortunately the movie The Initiated is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Camera | Valeri Myulgaut | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pavel Kaplevich | Costume Assistant |
| Editing | Irina Rudenko | Editor |
| Art | Pavel Parkhomenko | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Natalya Zamakhina | Costume Design |
| Directing | Oleg Teptsov | Director |
| Sound | Sergei Kuryokhin | Music |
| Sound | Alexander Gruzdev | Sound Director |
| Camera | Anatoly Taborov | Additional Director of Photography |
| Crew | Oleg Korytin | Stunt Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tamara Frid | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Yuriy Arabov | Screenplay |
