Palata No. 6 • FILMFEST HAMBURG

Ward No. 6

OT: Palata No. 6

Karen Shakhnazarov // Russian Federation, 2009
Fiction Feature // FF2009

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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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