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The Public House(1989)
Status: Released
Date: 1989-07-10
80%
1 Votes
Time: 1h 33m
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.
Languages: Russian.
Countries:
Soviet Union
ProductionCompanies: 
Tsentr MK VLKSM
Movie: The Public House
Top 10 Billed Cast
Галина Польских
Нина Русланова
Павел Гайдученко
Тамара Сёмина
Владимир Трещалов
Юрий Катин-Ярцев
Герман Качин
Татьяна Кречетова
Елена Королёва
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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.
Release Date
1989-07-10
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