Ward No. 6

Name: Ward No. 6
Director: Karen Shakhnazarov
Genre: Drama
Released: 2009-06-06
Duration: 1 h 23 min
Rating: 4.667
Cast: Vladimir Ilin, Aleksey Vertkov, Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyornyy, Evgeniy Stychkin, Aleksei Zharkov

2009

1h 23m

Drama

Director: Karen Shakhnazarov

Writers: Karen Shakhnazarov, Aleksandr Borodyanskiy

Overview

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.