Genre: Drama
Runtime: 83 min
Average vote: 4.8
Release date: 2009-06-06
Director: Karen Shakhnazarov
Director: Aleksandr Gornovsky
Writer: Karen Shakhnazarov
Writer: Aleksandr Borodyanskiy
Music: Evgeny Kadimsky
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.