The Overcoat (1959)
A story about a government clerk who has his precious new overcoat stolen. No-one seems willing to help him retrieve his prized possession, a fact that continues to concern him even when he is beyond the grave.
Director: Aleksey Batalov
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Rolan Bykov as Акакий Акакиевич |
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Yuriy Tolubeev as Портной |
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Nina Urgant as Проститутка |
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Elena Ponsova as домовладелица |
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Georgiy Teykh as важная персона |
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Glikeriya Bogdanova-Chesnokova as супруга именинника |
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Lev Stepanov as кредитор |
| Directing | Aleksey Batalov | Director |
| Writing | Leonid Solovyov | Writer |
| Writing | Nikolai Gogol | Book |
| Camera | Genrikh Marandzhyan | Director of Photography |
| Art | Berta Manevich | Production Design |
| Art | Isaak Kaplan | Production Design |
| Directing | Ekaterina Serdechkova | Second Unit Director |
| Sound | Nikolai Sidelnikov | Sound Director |
| Sound | Arnold Shargorodsky | Sound Director |
| Writing | Irina Tarsanova | Script Editor |
| Writing | Boris Eykhenbaum | Script Consultant |
| Writing | Vladislav Glinka | Script Consultant |
| Production | A. Arshanskiy | Producer |