

Gogol. The Beginning
2017-08-31 · 107 min · ★ 6.2
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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- Directors
- Egor Baranov
- Production companies
- Sreda
- Countries
- Russia
- Status
- Released
- Revenue
- USD 7,939,761
Top Cast
Alexander PetrovNikolay Vasilievich Gogol
Oleg MenshikovYakov Petrovich Guro - investigator
Yan TsapnikBomgart - doctor
Taisiya VilkovaElizaveta Andreevna Danishevskaya - countess
Yuliya FrantsOksana
Sergey BadyukВакула (кузнец)
Artyom TkachenkoAleksey Danishevsky - Count, husband of Lisa
Evgeniy StychkinBinh - investigator
Anton MomotГрицко
Nadezhda Shumilovamidwife
Yevgeni SytyYakim
Artyom SuchkovTesak
Marta KesslerVasilina
Svetlana KireevaKhristina
Evgeny Kapitonovfather Varfolomey
Pavel DerevyankoAleksander Pushkin
Dmitriy Bykovskiy-RomashovSolopiy Cherevik
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