Ward No. 6

Ward No. 6

83 mins | Drama | June 6, 2009

Simultaneously nihilistic and heartening, Ward No. 6 is based on a story by Chekov, in which a psychiatric doctor becomes a patient in his own asylum. Updated to contemporary Russia, the film is a cocktail of anxieties and riddles, showcasing how easy it is to become what we fear most.

Ward No. 6

83 mins | Drama | June 6, 2009

Ward No. 6
Simultaneously nihilistic and heartening, Ward No. 6 is based on a story by Chekov, in which a psychiatric doctor becomes a patient in his own asylum. Updated to contemporary Russia, the film is a cocktail of anxieties and riddles, showcasing how easy it is to become what we fear most.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Mosfilm
Original title Палата N°6
Directors Aleksandr Gornovsky, Karen Shakhnazarov
Writers Karen Shakhnazarov, Aleksandr Borodyanskiy, Anton Chekhov

Cast

Vladimir Ilin

as Ragin

Aleksey Vertkov

as Gromov

Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyornyy

as Mikhail Averyanovich

Evgeniy Stychkin

as Khobotov

Aleksei Zharkov

as Old chief physician