Archa bláznů aneb Vyprávění z konce života

Overview

The director Ivan Balaďa was not allowed to finish this gloomy, black-and-white parable, inspired by Chekhov's short story Pavilion No. 6 - only after the fall of communism, more than twenty years later, did the film hit the cinema screens, unfortunately to negligible acclaim. In fact, it is only now that we can fully enjoy the story of an aging, increasingly exhausted mental institution doctor who is inexorably sinking to the level of his patients.

Release Date

01 November 1990

105 minutes

Director

Main Cast

Andrej Jefimyč Ragin
Ivan Dmitrič Gromov
Michail Averjanyč Goljubkin
Jevgenij Fjodoryč Chobotov
Marja Prokofjevna Chobotova
Sergej Sergejevič
Naděžda Osipovna
Lev Trofimovič