Comedy ·Drama · Soviet Union · 1991 · 2h 5m

Promised Heaven

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Director
Eldar Ryazanov
Cast
Olga Volkova as Katya Ivanova Liya Akhedzhakova as Fima Valentin Gaft as President Oleg Basilashvili as President's friend Leonid Bronevoy as 'Banzai', the Colonel Svetlana Nemolyaeva as President's ex-wife
Crew
Leonid Kalashnikov — Director of Photography Valeriya Belova — Editor Eldar Ryazanov — Writer Henrietta Altman — Writer Valentin Chernykh — Producer Karlen Agadzhanov — Producer
Synopsis

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...

Key Collaborators
Eldar Ryazanov Director Leonid Kalashnikov Director of Photography Valeriya Belova Editor Eldar Ryazanov Writer Henrietta Altman Writer Valentin Chernykh Producer Karlen Agadzhanov Producer Viktor Glukhov Producer Aleksandr Borisov Production Design Sergey Ivanov Production Design Irina Ginno Costume Design
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