''Ward Six'' ( sh, Paviljon VI) is a 1978 Yugoslav

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Lucian Pintilie Lucian Pintilie (; 9 November 1933 – 16 May 2018Lucian Pi ...

, an adaptation of

Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; 29 January 1860 Old Style date 17 January. – 15 July 1904 Old Style date 2 July.) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career ...

's short story ''

Ward No. 6 "Ward No. 6" (russian: Палата № 6, translit=Palata nomer shest) is an 1892 novella by Anton Chekhov. Publication The story was first published in the No.11, November 1892 issue of '' Russkaya Mysl''. Divided into chapters and with minor ...

''. It competed in the

Un Certain Regard (, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films w ...

section at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival.

Cast

Slobodan Perović Slobodan Perović ( sr-cyr, Слободан Перовић; 6 May 1926 – 2 May 1978) was a Serbian actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1955 to 1978. Selected filmography References External links * 1926 births 1 ...

as Dr. Andrei Yefimich Rabin *

Zoran Radmilović Zoran Radmilović ( sr-cyr, Зоран Радмиловић; 11 May 1933 – 21 July 1985) was a Serbian actor who had some of the most memorable roles in the history of former Yugoslav cinema. He studied law, architecture and philology at the ...

as Ivan Gromov * Slavko Simić *

Ljuba Tadić Ljubomir "Ljuba" Tadić ( sr-cyr, Љубомир Љуба Тадић; 31 May 1929 – 28 October 2005) was a Yugoslav actor who enjoyed a reputation as one of the greatest names in the history of former Yugoslav cinema. Biography He made his scr ...

Dragomir Čumić Dragomir "Drago" Čumić (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгомир "Драго" Чумић; 8 May 1937 in Sirač near Daruvar, Kingdom of Yugoslavia – 10 November 2013 in Belgrade, Serbia) was a Serbian actor. His credits includes roles in the TV s ...

* Dušan Vuisić *

Pavle Vuisić Pavle "Paja" Vuisić ( sr-cyr, Павле "Паја" Вуисић; 10 July 1926 – 1 October 1988) was a Yugoslav actor, known as one of the most recognizable faces of former Yugoslav cinema. Biography He was born in Belgrade as Pavle Vujisić ...

as Nikita * Stevo Žigon

References

External links

* 1978 films 1978 drama films Serbo-Croatian-language films Films directed by Lucian Pintilie Films based on works by Anton Chekhov Yugoslav drama films Films set in Yugoslavia {{Yugoslavia-film-stub