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Ward No. 6 (2009)

Ward No. 6 (2009)

Drama
Release Date: 2009, June 6
Directors: Karen Shakhnazarov, Aleksandr Gornovsky
Countries: Russia
Production: Mosfilm
Cast: Aleksey Vertkov, Vladimir Ilin, Evgeniy Stychkin, Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyornyy, Aleksei Zharkov

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.

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based on novel or book