Ward No. 6

Ward No. 6 — Plot

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.

• Release date
• June 6, 2009
• Runtime
• 83 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Karen Shakhnazarov

Ward No. 6 — Cast

Vladimir Ilin Ragin Aleksey Vertkov Gromov Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyornyy Mikhail Averyanovich Evgeniy Stychkin Khobotov Aleksei Zharkov Old chief physician Viktor Solovyov Stanislav Eventov Alina Olshanskaya