Ward No. 6 (Russian: Палата № 6) is a 2009 Russian drama film directed by Aleksandr Gornovsky and Karen Shakhnazarov.
The film was selected as the Russian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 82nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. It is an adaptation of a Chekov novella of the same name.
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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.
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
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.