The read
It runs long at 6h 28m.
Synopsis
Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov plans to buy the titles to “dead souls” and use them as collateral to obtain a large loan. He comes to a small provincial town and begins to proposition the local landowners. These landowners are revealed to be so petty and avaricious that not even Chichikov’s amazing offer can be worked to his advantage on them. Some stall, some refuse for no obvious reasons, some promise and then renege, and others want “in on the deal.” In the end, Chichikov, having concluded that the landowners are a hopeless lot, leaves for other regions.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
11 audience votes
Key crew
- Mikhail ShveitserDirector
- Mikhail ShveitserWriter
Cast
- Aleksandr TrofimovNikolai Gogol
- Aleksandr KalyaginChichikov
- Yuri BogatyryovManilov
- Larisa UdovichenkoManilov's wife
- Tamara NosovaKorobochka
- Viktor SergachyovMizhuyev
- Mariya VinogradovaMavra
- Innokentiy SmoktunovskiyPlushkin
- Vyacheslav NevinnyySobakevich
- Inna ChurikovaLady, nice in every respect
- Lidiya Fedoseyeva-ShukshinaLady, just nice
- Aleksandr PyatkovCast