The main character Vorobei is a professional grave digger and alcohol addict, who runs away from hospital to dig graves instead of treating his head broken by his brother. He comes to cemetery and keeps on working, instead of his friends' advice to stay in the hospital. The world of death turns out to be surrounded by corruption, satanic money-making, cemetery mafia and lots of vodka.
Released: Dec 01, 1989
Runtime: 103 minutes
Genre: Drama
Stars: Vladimir Gostyukhin, Lev Durov, Nina Ruslanova, Lev Borisov, Olga Mateshko, Aleksey Serebryakov
Crew: Oleksii Levchenko (Production Design), Evgeniya Lisetskaya (Set Designer), Aleksandra Goldabenko (Editor), Aleksandr Itygilov (Director), Vilen Kalyuta (Director of Photography), Sergei Kaledin (Screenplay)