Promised Heaven

Promised Heaven

125 mins | Drama, Comedy | Jan. 1, 1991

In the new Russia, former middle class citizens find themselves out in the dumps. Literally. They build homes, elect their own government, work, beg, scavenge, date and fight all while living in a huge city dump. Some try to beat the odds and return to society, but it seems that there is only one place left for them to go...

Promised Heaven

125 mins | Drama, Comedy | Jan. 1, 1991

Promised Heaven
In the new Russia, former middle class citizens find themselves out in the dumps. Literally. They build homes, elect their own government, work, beg, scavenge, date and fight all while living in a huge city dump. Some try to beat the odds and return to society, but it seems that there is only one place left for them to go...
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Mosfilm, Slovo, Cinebridge
Original title Небеса обетованные
Directors Eldar Ryazanov
Writers Henrietta Altman, Eldar Ryazanov

Cast

Valentin Gaft

as President

Oleg Basilashvili

as President's friend

Olga Volkova

as Katya Ivanova

Leonid Bronevoy

as 'Banzai', the Colonel

Svetlana Nemolyaeva

as President's ex-wife

Roman Kartsev

as Solomon

Vyacheslav Nevinnyy

as Antisemit

Oleg Sevastyanov

as Vityok-Microbiologist