Gogol. The Beginning (2017)

Director: Egor Baranov

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.

Cast

Alexander Petrov

Nikolay Vasilievich Gogol

Oleg Menshikov

Yakov Petrovich Guro - investigator

Yan Tsapnik

Bomgart - doctor

Taisiya Vilkova

Elizaveta Andreevna Danishevskaya - countess

Yuliya Frants

Oksana

Sergey Badyuk

Вакула (кузнец)

Artyom Tkachenko

Aleksey Danishevsky - Count, husband of Lisa

Evgeniy Stychkin

Binh - investigator

Anton Momot

Грицко

Nadezhda Shumilova

midwife