The Case of "Dead Souls"
| The Case of "Dead Souls" | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Fantasy |
| Written by |
Yuri Arabov Nikolai Gogol |
| Directed by | Pavel Lungin |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | Russia |
| Original language(s) | Russian |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
Pavel Lungin Olga Vasilieva Arkady Tsimbler |
| Cinematography | Sergei Astakhov |
| Production company(s) | Pavel Lungin Studio |
| Release | |
| Original network | |
The Case of "Dead Souls" (Russian: Дело о «Мёртвых душах», translit. Delo o «Myortvykh dushakh») is a 2005 Russian television miniseries directed by Pavel Lungin loosely based on various stories by Nikolai Gogol, including Dead Souls.[1][2][3]
Plot
The collegiate registrar Ivan Shiller (Pavel Derevyanko) is sent to the provincial city of N to investigate the dissapperance of fraudster Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov (Konstantin Khabensky) from prison. He is obstructed by city officials who are led by Governor A.A. Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky (Sergei Garmash). After going through the investigation through a series of meetings of strange encounters, Schiller himself turns into Chichikov in the finale...
Cast
- Pavel Derevyanko - Ivan Afanasievich Shiller
- Konstantin Khabensky - Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov / tailor
- Sergei Garmash - Anton Antonovich Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky, Governor
- Nina Usatova - Anna Andreevna, wife of the governor
- Sergei Kolesnikov - bailiff Christian Stepanovich Derzhimorda
- Alexander Abdulov - Nozdryov
- Victor Abrosimov - Prosecutor
- Viktor Verzhbitsky - Leonty Vasilievich Dubbel
- Vladimir Simonov - Alexander von Benckendorff
- Roman Madyanov - Postmaster Ivan Kuzmich Shpekin
- Alexander Semchev - Sobakevich
- Leonid Yarmolnik - Plyushkin
- Anna Ardova - Marfa Semyonovna, housekeeper
- Andrei Bronnikov - Father Foma
- Elena Galibina - Nastasya Petrovna Korobochka
- Alexander Ilyin - Judge Ammos Fedorovich Lyapkin-Tyapkin
- Maxim Konovalov - Gregory, servant
- Yuri Nifontov - Artemy Filippovich Zemlyannika, trustee of god-friendly institutions
- Inga Strelkova-Oboldina - Marya Antonovna, daughter of the governor
- Galina Petrova - Pulcheria Ivanovna
- Vladimir Salnikov - Afanasy Ivanovich
- Sergey Serov - Ivan Lazarevich Svistunov
- Peter Soldatov - Captain Kopeikin
- Daniil Spivakovsky - Pyotr Ivanovich Bobchinsky
- Ivan Agapov - Pyotr Ivanovich Dobchinsky
- Mikhail Tserishenko - owner of the hotel
- Yevgenia Dmitrieva - Lizanka, the wife of Manilov
- Pavel Lyubimtsev - Manilov
- Maria Sokova - Feodulia Ivanovna, wife of Sobakevich
- Andrey Batukhanov - archivist
- Daria Belousova - street girl
- Sergey Epishev - sergeant / sentry
- Olga Lapshina - Shpekin's wife
- Dmitry Prokofiev - Stepan
- Tatiana Yakovenko - Lizaveta
- Roman Hardykov - judicial official
References
- ↑ "Дело о "Мертвых душах"". Encyclopedia of Russian Cinema.
- ↑ "Стартует рискованная экранизация Гоголя - "Дело о мертвых душах"". RIA Novosti.
- ↑ Tatiana Khorishilova. ""Мертвые души" одели в "Шинель"". Rossiyskaya Gazeta.
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