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The Public House
Genres
DramaTV Movie
Overview
"Horror" film about the harsh lives of the children living in an outwardly prosperous orphanage. When a young boy dies during a clandestine mutual drug-taking session, his accomplices unsuccessfully try to hide his corpse to evade punishment, and then the orphanage management tries to hush up the whole affair to keep up appearances.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
93 min
Release Date
1989-07-10
Status
Released
Original Language
Russian
Vote Count
1
Vote Average
8
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Galina Polskikh
Nina Ruslanova
Yuliya Zhukova
Pavel Gayduchenko
Tamara Syomina
Vladimir Treshchalov
Yuri Katin-Yartsev
German Kachin
Tatyana Krechetova
Yelena Korolyova
Yelizaveta Sergeyeva
Vadim Vilskiy
Vladimir Ilin
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