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The Humble Cemetery

The Humble Cemetery

1989 · 103 min · ★ 5.4 · Drama

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.

Directed by Aleksandr Itygilov · Written by Sergei Kaledin

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