Gogol. The Beginning
2017
The Darkest Night Before Dawn
Directed by Egor Baranov
User Rating
Intensity
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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- Director
- Egor Baranov
- Written by
- Alexey Chupov, Kim Belov, Natalya Merkulova, Tikhon Kornev
- Produced by
- Aleksandr Tsekalo, Aleksandra Remizova, Artur Dzhanibekyan
- Composer
- Ryan Otter
- Cinematographer
- Sergey Trofimov
- Editor
- Alexander Ivanov
- Studio
- Sreda
- Origin country
- Russia
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Language
- Russian
- Also known as
- Gogol. Origins
- TMDB
- 6.2/10 (113 votes)
- IMDb
- 5.8/10 (2,127 votes)
Cast
Alexander Petrov
Nikolay Vasilievich Gogol
Oleg Menshikov
Yakov Petrovich Guro - investigator
Yan Tsapnik
Bomgart - doctor
Taisiya Vilkova
Elizaveta Andreevna Danishevskaya - countess
Yuliya Frants
Oksana
Sergey Badyuk
Вакула (кузнец)
Artyom Tkachenko
Aleksey Danishevsky - Count, husband of Lisa
Evgeniy Stychkin
Binh - investigator
Anton Momot
Грицко
Nadezhda Shumilova
midwife
Yevgeni Syty
Yakim
Artem Suchkov
Tesak
Marta Timofeeva
Vasilina
Svetlana Kireeva
Khristina
Evgeny Kapitonov
father Varfolomey
Pavel Derevyanko
Aleksander Pushkin
Valery Rybin
Black Horseman
Dmitriy Bykovskiy-Romashov
Solopiy Cherevik
Crew
Egor Baranov
Director
Alexey Chupov
Screenplay
Kim Belov
Screenplay
Natalya Merkulova
Screenplay
Tikhon Kornev
Screenplay
Aleksey Karaulov
Writer
Filipp Konyashov
Writer
Aleksandr Tsekalo
Producer
Aleksandra Remizova
Producer
Artur Dzhanibekyan
Producer
Darya Skugar
Producer
Evgeniy Nikishov
Producer
Gogol Collection
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