Ward No. 6
OT: Palata No. 6
Karen Shakhnazarov // Russian Federation, 2009
Fiction Feature // FF2009
Story
Karen Shakhnazarov already thought of making a film of Anton Chekhov’s “Ward No. 6” more than 20 years ago. He had even decided on a main actor: Marcello Mastroianni. 20 years later his wish has come true, this time with Vladimir Ilyin in the lead role. Filming was completed in all but five weeks and took place in a real psychiatric clinic near Moscow. A supposedly healthy doctor discovers the beginnings of his own insanity…
Director
Karen Shakhnazarov, born in 1952, director, producer, writer. His films include"The Messenger Boy" (1987), "Zero City" (1088), "The Assassin of the Tsar" (1991), "The World History of Poisoning" (2001) and "The Rider Named Death" (2004).Info
Palata No. 6
Fiction Feature
Russian
Agenda 09//FF2009
Russian Federation
2009
83 min
OV
Karen Shakhnazarov
Alexander Borodyansky, Karen Shakhnazarov
Vladimir Ilyin, Alexey Vertkov, Alexander Pankratov-Chyorny, Evgeny Stychkin
Karen Shakhnazarov
Alexander Kuznetsov
Irina Kozhemyakina
Evgeny Kadimsky
Ludmila Kusakova
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