The Humble Cemetery

(1989)

★ 5.4 IMDb · 5 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1989

Runtime: 103 мин

Country: Soviet Union

Director: Александр Итыгилов

Cast: Владимир Гостюхин, Лев Дуров, Нина Русланова, Лев Борисов, Ольга Матешко, Алексей Серебряков, Виктор Авилов, Виталий Шаповалов, Всеволод Шиловский, Борис Галкин

Plot

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.