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The Public House
The Public House

The Public House

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DramaTV Movie

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"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.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Runtime

93 mins

Rating

8/10

Release Date

10 July 1989

Country

Soviet Union

Cast

Galina Polskikh

Galina Polskikh

Nina Ruslanova

Nina Ruslanova

Yuliya Zhukova

Yuliya Zhukova

Pavel Gayduchenko

Pavel Gayduchenko

Tamara Syomina

Tamara Syomina

Vladimir Treshchalov

Vladimir Treshchalov

Yuri Katin-Yartsev

Yuri Katin-Yartsev

German Kachin

German Kachin

Tatyana Krechetova

Tatyana Krechetova

Yelena Korolyova

Yelena Korolyova

Yelizaveta Sergeyeva

Yelizaveta Sergeyeva

Vadim Vilskiy

Vadim Vilskiy

Vladimir Ilin

Vladimir Ilin

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