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House of Fools

House of Fools

It's a mad, mad, mad world...

20025.81h 44m

Overview

The war film that's not a war film. A film about the mental institution which backdrop is the Chechen war. A story about the patients living in an institution during the war on the border of Chechnia and Russia during the war. The patients have to continue living their day to day life after being invaded twice over, and they have to deal with their sicknesses.

Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky
Written by Andrei Konchalovsky
Produced by Felix Kleyman, Andrei Konchalovsky
Box OfficeBudget: $2.5MRevenue: $158K

Top Cast

Yuliya Vysotskaya

Yuliya Vysotskaya

Zhanna

Evgeny Mironov

Evgeny Mironov

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Vladas Bagdonas

Vladas Bagdonas

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Marina Politseymako

Marina Politseymako

Vika

Anatoli Adoskin

Anatoli Adoskin

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S

Sultan Islamov

Ahmed

S

Stanislav Varkki

Ali

E

Elena Fomina

Lucy

Bryan Adams

Bryan Adams

Self

Anatoli Zhuravlyov

Anatoli Zhuravlyov

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About House of Fools

House of Fools is a drama, romance, war film released in 2002. Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky, it stars Yuliya Vysotskaya, Evgeny Mironov, Vladas Bagdonas. The war film that's not a war film. A film about the mental institution which backdrop is the Chechen war. A story about the patients living in an institution during the war on the border of Chechnia and Russia during the war. The patients have to continue living their day to day life after being invaded twice over, and they have to deal with their sicknesses.

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