Promised Heaven

Overview

In the new Russia, former middle class citizens find themselves out in the dumps. Literally. They build homes, elect their own government, work, beg, scavenge, date and fight all while living in a huge city dump. Some try to beat the odds and return to society, but it seems that there is only one place left for them to go...

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 28, 1991

Original language

Russian

Spoken languages

Russian

Countries

Soviet Union

Production

Mosfilm,Slovo,Cinebridge,Film Studio Slovo

Cast

Olga Volkova,Liya Akhedzhakova,Valentin Gaft,Oleg Basilashvili,Leonid Bronevoy,Svetlana Nemolyaeva,Natalya Gundareva,Roman Kartsev,Vyacheslav Nevinnyy,Nina Ruslanovaand 41 more

Director

Eldar Ryazanov

Writer

Eldar Ryazanov,Henrietta Altman

Producer

Valentin Chernykh,Karlen Agadzhanov,Viktor Glukhov

Cinematography

Leonid Kalashnikov

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0102516