The House Built on Sand
1991, Russian. Directed by Nijole Adomenaite.
A slice of life among Russian intelligentsia on the eve of WWII. A haunting reminder of Stalin's psychotic purge of 1938 and the nightmarish German siege of Leningrad.
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
- Rated
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- Released
- 1 January 1991
- Original title
- Дом на песке
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Tatyana Tolstaya, Natalya Chepik
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The House Built on Sand runs 85 minutes (1h 25m).
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The House Built on Sand isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1991. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
What movies are like The House Built on Sand?
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Who directed The House Built on Sand?
The House Built on Sand (1991) was directed by Nijole Adomenaite and stars Yelena Shiffers, Yelena Shachkova, Yuri Astafyev.