The Promised Heaven (1991)

Many of respectable citizens become tramps after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Director:

Eldar Ryazanov

Writers:

Henrietta Altman, Eldar Ryazanov

Stars:

Liya Akhedzhakova, Olga Volkova, Valentin Gaft

6 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Liya Akhedzhakova	...	Fima
Olga Volkova	...	Katya Ivanova
Valentin Gaft	...	President
Leonid Bronevoy	...	'Banzai', the Colonel
Oleg Basilashvili	...	President's friend
Svetlana Nemolyaeva	...	President's ex-wife
Natalya Gundareva	...	Luska
Roman Kartsev	...	Solomon
Vyacheslav Nevinnyy	...	Antisemit
Nina Ruslanova
Sergey Artsibashev
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nina Agapova
Oleg Bannikov	...	(as O. Bannikov)
Aleksandr Belyavskiy
Mikhail Bocharov

Storyline

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...

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Plot Keywords:

tragic event | bare breasts | female nudity | nudity | surrealism | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Did You Know?

Soundtracks

Romans
Written by Andrei Petrov and Eldar Ryazanov
Performed by Yelena Kamburova

User Reviews

Ryazanov's masterpiece

A glance of post-soviet Russia with all it's tragedy, confusion, controvercy and comism. Tragic comism. One of Russia's most loved directors, Eldar Ryazanov, brings you the "great evil empire" at it's ruins, but not from the global and political point of view, but looks at it with the eyes of who that empire was initially built for: common people.

This film is a scream of a sore soul, torn by the generations of cruel system in a country whose people still managed to carry through their ability to love, no matter what.

Ryazanov's wonderful sence of humor makes us laugh with tears in our eyes and it feels like those tears can was away the bitterness and the pain. They don't make forgett, but we don't want to forget.

Details

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian English

Release Date:

1991 (Soviet Union)

Also Known As:

Promised Heaven

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cinebridge, Mosfilm, Slovo

Technical Specs

Runtime:

125 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1