The Case of "Dead Souls"

Russian TV series or program
  • Pavel Derevyanko
  • Konstantin Khabensky
  • Sergei Garmash
Country of originRussiaOriginal languageRussianNo. of series1No. of episodes8ProductionProducersPavel Lungin
Olga Vasilieva
Arkady TsimblerCinematographySergei AstakhovProduction companyPavel Lungin StudioOriginal releaseNetwork
  • NTV

The Case of "Dead Souls" (Russian: Дело о «Мёртвых душах», romanized: 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 disappearance 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

  1. ^ "Дело о "Мертвых душах"". Encyclopedia of Russian Cinema.
  2. ^ "Стартует рискованная экранизация Гоголя - "Дело о мертвых душах"". RIA Novosti.
  3. ^ Tatiana Khorishilova. ""Мертвые души" одели в "Шинель"". Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

External links

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