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Dead Souls

Dead Souls

1984 6h 28mComedyDramaHistory

Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov plans to buy the titles to “dead souls” and use them as collateral to obtain a large loan. He comes to a small provincial town and begins to proposition the local landowners. These landowners are revealed to be so petty and avaricious that not even Chichikov’s amazing offer can be worked to his advantage on them. Some stall, some refuse for no obvious reasons, some promise and then renege, and others want “in on the deal.” In the end, Chichikov, having concluded that the landowners are a hopeless lot, leaves for other regions.

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Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov plans to buy the titles to “dead souls” and use them as collateral to obtain a large loan. He comes to a small provincial town and begins to proposition the local landowners. These landowners are revealed to be so petty and avaricious that not even Chichikov’s amazing offer can be worked to his advantage on them. Some stall, some refuse for no obvious reasons, some promise and then renege, and others want “in on the deal.” In the end, Chichikov, having concluded that the landowners are a hopeless lot, leaves for other regions.

Behind it

Mikhail ShveitserMikhail ShveitserDirectorDilshat FatkhulinDilshat FatkhulinCinematography

Cast

Aleksandr TrofimovAleksandr TrofimovNikolai Gogol
Aleksandr KalyaginAleksandr KalyaginChichikov
Yuri BogatyryovYuri BogatyryovManilov
Larisa UdovichenkoLarisa UdovichenkoManilov's wife
Tamara NosovaTamara NosovaKorobochka
Viktor SergachyovViktor SergachyovMizhuyev
Mariya VinogradovaMariya VinogradovaMavra
Innokentiy SmoktunovskiyInnokentiy SmoktunovskiyPlushkin
Vyacheslav NevinnyyVyacheslav NevinnyySobakevich
Inna ChurikovaInna ChurikovaLady, nice in every respect
Lidiya Fedoseyeva-ShukshinaLidiya Fedoseyeva-ShukshinaLady, just nice
Aleksandr PyatkovAleksandr Pyatkov
Pyotr MerkuryevPyotr Merkuryev
Viktor ShulginViktor Shulgin
Irina BrazgovkaIrina Brazgovka
Aleksandr NovikovAleksandr NovikovPoruchik
Taisiya LytvynenkoTaisiya Lytvynenko

Director

Mikhail Shveitser

Writer

Mikhail Shveitser

Release date

19 Nov 1984

Runtime

6h 28m

Studio

Gosteleradio USSR, Mosfilm

Language

Russian

Country

Soviet Union

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