Gogol. The Beginning (2017)
Original title: Гоголь. Начало
Gogol. The Beginning is a 2017 Russian-language mystery movie directed by Egor Baranov, with a running time of 1h 40m. It stars Alexander Petrov, Oleg Menshikov and Yan Tsapnik.
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 as Nikolay Vasilievich Gogol
- Oleg Menshikov as Yakov Petrovich Guro - investigator
- Yan Tsapnik as Bomgart - doctor
- Taisiya Vilkova as Elizaveta Andreevna Danishevskaya - countess
- Yuliya Frants as Oksana
- Sergey Badyuk as Вакула (кузнец)
- Artyom Tkachenko as Aleksey Danishevsky - Count, husband of Lisa
- Evgeniy Stychkin as Binh - investigator
- Anton Momot as Грицко
- Nadezhda Shumilova as midwife
- Yevgeni Syty as Yakim
- Artem Suchkov as Tesak