Ward No. 6 (film)
| Ward No. 6 | |
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| Russian: Палата № 6 | |
| Directed by | |
| Written by |
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| Produced by |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Aleksandr Kuznetsov |
| Edited by | Irina Kozhemyakina |
| Music by | Evgeny Kadimsky |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
Ward No. 6 (Russian: Палата № 6) is a 2009 Russian drama film directed by Aleksandr Gornovsky and Karen Shakhnazarov.[1][2][3]
The film was selected as the Russian entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film at the 82nd Academy Awards
, but it was not nominated.
Plot
The film tells about the doctor of the provincial psychiatric hospital Ragin, who meets a patient with his own philosophy, as a result of communication with which he himself becomes crazy.[4]
Cast
- Vladimir Ilyin as Ragin
- Aleksey Vertkov as Gromov
- Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyorny as Mikhail Averyanovich
- Yevgeny Stychkin as Khobotov
- Viktor Solovyov as Nikita
- Aleksey Zharkov as Old chief physician
- Albina Evtushevskaya as Darya
- Anna Sinyakina
- Alina Olshanskaya
- Stanislav Eventov[5]
Reception
Critical response
Ward No.6 has an approval rating of 67% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 6 reviews, and an average rating of 6.00/10.[6]
See also
- List of submissions to the 82nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Russian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
External links
- Ward No. 6 at IMDb
