The Case of "Dead Souls"
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| genre = Fantasy
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| director = Pavel Lungin
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| writer = Yuri Arabov
Nikolai Gogol
| composer =
| cinematography = Sergei Astakhov
| language = Russian
| country = Russia
| location =
| producer = Pavel Lungin
Olga Vasilieva
Arkady Tsimbler
| company = Pavel Lungin Studio
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| num_episodes = 8
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The Case of "Dead Souls" ({{langx|ru|Дело о «Мёртвых душах»|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.{{cite web|url=http://2011.russiancinema.ru/index.php?e_dept_id=2&e_movie_id=8791|publisher=Encyclopedia of Russian Cinema|title=Дело о "Мертвых душах"}}{{cite web|url=https://ria.ru/amp/culture/20050829/41245904.html|publisher=RIA Novosti|title=Стартует рискованная экранизация Гоголя - "Дело о мертвых душах"}}{{cite web|url=https://rg.ru/amp/2005/02/18/lungin.html|publisher=Rossiyskaya Gazeta|title="Мертвые души" одели в "Шинель"|author=Tatiana Khorishilova}}
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
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{IMDb title|tt0456769}}
{{Dead Souls}}
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Category:NTV (Russia) original programming
Category:Russian fantasy television series
Category:Television shows based on works by Nikolai Gogol
Category:Russian supernatural television series
Category:Russian television miniseries
Category:2005 Russian television series debuts
Category:2005 Russian television series endings