Dead Souls

Dead Souls (1984)

ComedyDramaHistory

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.

Director: Mikhail Shveitser

Casts

	Aleksandr Trofimov as Nikolai Gogol
	Aleksandr Kalyagin as Chichikov
	Yuri Bogatyryov as Manilov
	Larisa Udovichenko as Manilov's wife
	Tamara Nosova as Korobochka
	Viktor Sergachyov as Mizhuyev
	Mariya Vinogradova as Mavra
	Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy as Plushkin
	Vyacheslav Nevinnyy as Sobakevich
	Inna Churikova as Lady, nice in every respect
	Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina as Lady, just nice
	Aleksandr Pyatkov as
	Pyotr Merkuryev as
	Viktor Shulgin as
	Irina Brazgovka as
	Aleksandr Novikov as Poruchik
	Taisiya Lytvynenko as

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