ComedyDrama
Promised Heaven
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...
Directed by Eldar Ryazanov
54
User score
31 votes
Status
Released
Released
January 28, 1991
Runtime
2h 5m
Language
Russian
Top cast
Liya Akhedzhakova
Fima
Olga Volkova
Katya Ivanova
Valentin Gaft
President
Leonid Bronevoy
'Banzai', the Colonel
Oleg Basilashvili
President's friend
Svetlana Nemolyaeva
Aglaya – President's ex-wife
Natalya Gundareva
Luska
Mikhail Filippov
Vasya
Sergei Artsybashev
Kirill
Vyacheslav Nevinnyy
Styopa
Roman Kartsev
Solomon
Aleksandr Pashutin
Train Driver
Natalya Shchukina
Zhanna
Nina Ruslanova
Zhanna’s Aunt
John Kohan
Wyler
Aleksandr Pankratov-Chyornyy
Sidorchyk
Aleksandr Belyavskiy
Mirov
Sergey Danilevich
Architect
Mariya Vinogradova
Tatyana Gavrilova
