House of Fools (2002)


House of Fools
Release Date01 September 2002
Budget$2,000,000
GenreDrama, Comedy
CountryRussia
France
LanguageChechen, Russian
Sound MixDolby SR
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassBlack Comedy, War Romance, Satire
MoodComedy on the Edge
ThemesMental Illness, Military Life
TonesIntimate, Quirky, Irreverent, Satirical
TagsDelusion, Mental Patient, Soldier, War

House of Fools (Russian: , Dom durakov) is a 2002 Russian film by Andrei Konchalovsky about psychiatric patients and combatants during the First Chechen War. It stars Yuliya Vysotskaya and Sultan Islamov and features a number of cameo appearances by Bryan Adams, with the music composed by Eduard Artemyev.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Officer

Sultan Islamov
Ahmed

Stanislav Varkki
Ali

Yelena Fomina
Lucy

Marina Politseymako
Vika

Rasmi Dzhabrailov
Makhmud

Vladimir Fyodorov
Karlusha

Vladas Bagdonas
Doctor

Anatoli Adoskin
Fucue

Gevorg Ovakimyan
Goga

Ruslan Naurbiyev
Chechen Commander Vakhid

Himself

Lithuanian Sharpshooter

Tigranui Chakryan
Karapetovna

Margarita Zykova
Baba Vera

Jonas Baublis
Bibika

Anatoli Zhuravlyov
Boxer

Aleksandr Seleznyov
Fyodor the Drunk

Magomed Zurabov
Afghani

Ibragim Bekov
Yusouff

Tamerlan Dzeitov
Askhab

Denis Nadtochy
Vityok the Male Nurse

Pavel Grachev
Himself

Producer

writer, producer

Felix Kleiman
producer

Sergei Khramtsov
co-producer

Original Music

Eduard Artemiev
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Cinematographer

Sergey Kozlov
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Editor

Olga Grinshpun
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Production Designer

Lyubov Skorina
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Costume Designer

Svetlana Volter
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Sound Department

Stepan Bogdanov
sound re-recording mixer

Ilya Kacherzhuk
sound editor

Andrei Korinsky
sound editor

Vladimir Oryol
sound

Yevgeni Terekhovsky
sound

Visual Effects

Alexander Polevoy
visual effects supervisor

Dmitry Tokoyakov
digital compositor

Ilya Vostrov
modelling artist

Other Crew

Guy Courtecuisse
post-production manager

Production Company

Bac Films
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Hachette Première
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Persona
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Distributor

Argentina Video Home
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Hachette Première
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Intercinema Art Agency

Istituto Luce
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Paramount Classics

United International Pictures (UIP)

Special Effects

Cinemateka
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Navigation Boxes
The films of Andrei Konchalovsky
Andrei Rublev (1966)
Duet for One (1986)
House of Fools
Runaway Train (1985)
Shy People (1987)
Siberiade (1979)
Tango & Cash (1989)
The Odyssey (1997)