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Gogol. The Beginning

Original title: Гоголь. Начало

The Darkest Night Before Dawn

2017 · 1h 47m

Directed by Egor Baranov

6.2

TMDB audience score
115 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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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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

  • Artyom Suchkov
    Tesak

  • Marta Kessler
    Vasilina

  • Svetlana Kireeva
    Khristina

  • Evgeny Kapitonov
    father Varfolomey

  • Pavel Derevyanko
    Aleksander Pushkin

  • Valery Rybin
    Black Horseman

  • Dmitriy Bykovskiy-Romashov
    Solopiy Cherevik