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.
Karen Shakhnazarov
Director, Writer
Aleksandr Gornovsky
Director
Aleksandr Borodyanskiy
Writer

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

Albina Evtushevskaya