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| Directed by | Andrei Konchalovsky |
| Written by | Andrei Konchalovsky |
| Produced by | Felix Kleiman Andrei Konchalovsky |
| Starring | Julia Visotskaya Sultan Islamov Yevgeni Mironov |
| Cinematography | Sergei Kozlov |
| Music by | Eduard Artemyev |
| Distributed by | Paramount Classics |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | Russia |
| Languages | Russian, Chechen |
House of Fools (Russian: Дом дураков, Dom durakov) is a 2002 Russian film by Andrei Konchalovsky about psychiatric patients and combatants during the First Chechen War. It stars Julia Vysotskaya and Sultan Islamov and features a number of cameo appearances by Bryan Adams, with the music composed by Eduard Artemyev.
Distinctly anti-war and controversial in Russia, House of Fools is a bizarre blend of black comedy, touching drama, horrific warfare and subtly disturbing psychological content. The film was screened in the competition at the 59th Venice International Film Festival and won Grand Special Jury Prize and UNICEF Award and was also selected as the Russian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 77th Academy Awards, but it didn't make the final shortlist.