Soviet housing crisis meets criminal cohabitation in the most unhinged roommate comedy ever made.
In an ordinary city prison the unbelievable happens: the wall of the building collapses. The management of the city and the prison is forced to urgently find new apartments for their wards, and they honorably get out of this difficult situation in a very original way - criminals are moved in with persistent non-payers for the apartment.
Acting
Veteran Soviet actors committing fully to complete ridiculousness.
Writing
Satire so sharp it could cut through red tape.
Director
Georgii Kevorkov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during the final years of the USSR, this film weaponizes the notorious Soviet kommunalka (communal apartment) system—where strangers shared kitchens and bathrooms—into pure satirical nightmare fuel.
Director Georgii Kevorkov was primarily a documentary filmmaker; this rare fiction outing let him apply vérité techniques to staged bureaucratic chaos, making the absurdity feel uncomfortably real.
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