Ward Six

Story

Synopsis

A study of the mental breakdown of a doctor in a remote rural village. He believes himself intellectually superior to everyone except for a political prisoner in a mental ward. This is a metaphor on life under repressive governments, conformity versus individual expression.

Director

Lucian Pintilie

Writers

Lucian Pintilie, Anton Chekhov

Country

Yugoslavia

Release date

25 October 1973

Ensemble

Cast

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  Slobodan 'Cica' Perović

  Andrej Jefimič Ragin

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  Zoran Radmilović

  Ivan Dmitrič Gromov

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  Slavko Simić

  Mihail Averjanič

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  Ljuba Tadić

  Mihail Fjodorovič

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  Dragomir Čumić

  Mojsejka

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  Pavle Vuisić

  Nikita

• Dušan Vujisić

  Oficir

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  Stevo Žigon

  Doktor

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  Marica Popović

  Matrjona Savišna

• Ivana Šekularac

  Dete

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  Dušan Poček

  Predsednik psihijatrijske komisije

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  Mirko Bulović

  Pisar