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About
1829: Nikolay Gogol, troubled Third Section clerk, burns his own books. Epileptic seizures plague him. Investigator Yakov Guro discovers Gogol's visions hold crime-solving clues. Together, they tackle a baffling case in Dikanka, where everyone hides a dark secret.
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$7.9M
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
Sreda
Original Title
Гоголь. Начало
Original Language
Russian
Cast
Full credits →A
Alexander Petrov
Nikolay Vasilievich Gogol
O
Oleg Menshikov
Yakov Petrovich Guro - investigator
Y
Yan Tsapnik
Bomgart - doctor
T
Taisiya Vilkova
Elizaveta Andreevna Danishevskaya - countess
Y
Yuliya Frants
Oksana
S
Sergey Badyuk
Вакула (кузнец)
A
Artyom Tkachenko
Aleksey Danishevsky - Count, husband of Lisa
E
Evgeniy Stychkin
Binh - investigator
A
Anton Momot
Грицко
N
Nadezhda Shumilova
midwife
Y
Yevgeni Syty
Yakim
A
Artyom Suchkov
Tesak
M
Marta Kessler
Vasilina
S
Svetlana Kireeva
Khristina
E
Evgeny Kapitonov
father Varfolomey
P
Pavel Derevyanko
Aleksander Pushkin
V
Valery Rybin
Black Horseman
D
Dmitriy Bykovskiy-Romashov
Solopiy Cherevik
I
Ilya Borisov
Popovich
B
Beata Makowskaya
