Dead Souls 1969 Directed by Aleksandr Belinsky Мёртвые души

In "Dead Souls" Gogol posed the most pressing and painful questions of modern life. The very title of the poem had enormous revealing power; it carried, according to Herzen, “something terrifying”, “he could not name it otherwise; not the revisionists - dead souls, but all these Nozdryovs. Manilovs and all those like them are dead souls, and we meet them at every step..."

Production Country Soviet Union
Language Russian
Spoken Language Russian
Gneres Comedy , Drama , TV Movie
Production Company Leningrad Television
Release Date 10 December 1969
150 mins
Cast
Leonid Dyachkov автор
Igor Gorbachyov Чичиков
Oleg Basilashvili Манилов
Klavdiya Fadeeva Коробочка
Pavel Luspekayev Ноздрев
Yuriy Tolubeev Собакевич
Aleksandr Sokolov Плюшкин
Elena Markina Анна Григорьевна
Svetlana Karpinskaya Софья Ивановна
Nikolai Boyarsky Мижуев
Mikhail Danilov кучер Селифан
Galina Demidova молодая дама
Oleg Zorin почтмейстер
Tamara Konovalova крестьянка
Yuri Kuranin лакей Петрушка
Boris Lyoskin служащий канцелярии
German Orlov господин
Aleksey Petrenko капитан-исправник
Aleksey Rozanov господин в черкеске
Valentina Saveleva трактирщица
Valentina Talanova Манилова
Sergey Fedorov господин
Vladimir Tcibin военный
Lyudmila Shelentsova Феодулия Ивановна Собакевич
Lidiya Shtykan губернаторша
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