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Gogol. The Beginning

Original title: Гоголь. Начало

The Darkest Night Before Dawn

  • Movie
  • 2017
  • 1h 47m

Directed by Egor Baranov

6.2

TMDB audience rating
6.2 out of 10 from 115 votes

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Overview

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 and crew

  • Alexander Petrov

    Alexander PetrovNikolay Vasilievich Gogol

  • Oleg Menshikov

    Oleg MenshikovYakov Petrovich Guro - investigator

  • Yan Tsapnik

    Yan TsapnikBomgart - doctor

  • Taisiya Vilkova

    Taisiya VilkovaElizaveta Andreevna Danishevskaya - countess

  • Yuliya Frants

    Yuliya FrantsOksana

  • Sergey Badyuk

    Sergey BadyukВакула (кузнец)

  • Artyom Tkachenko

    Artyom TkachenkoAleksey Danishevsky - Count, husband of Lisa

  • Evgeniy Stychkin

    Evgeniy StychkinBinh - investigator

  • Anton Momot

    Anton MomotГрицко

  • Nadezhda Shumilova

    Nadezhda Shumilovamidwife

  • Yevgeni Syty

    Yevgeni SytyYakim

  • Artyom Suchkov

    Artyom SuchkovTesak

  • Marta Kessler

    Marta KesslerVasilina

  • Svetlana Kireeva

    Svetlana KireevaKhristina

  • Evgeny Kapitonov

    Evgeny Kapitonovfather Varfolomey

  • Pavel Derevyanko

    Pavel DerevyankoAleksander Pushkin

  • Valery RybinBlack Horseman

  • Dmitriy Bykovskiy-Romashov

    Dmitriy Bykovskiy-RomashovSolopiy Cherevik

Director
Egor Baranov
Writer
Aleksey Karaulov, Filipp Konyashov and Natalya Merkulova
Music
Ryan Otter
Cinematography
Sergey Trofimov