The Case of "Dead Souls"
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| The Case of "Dead Souls" | |
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| Genre | Fantasy |
| Written by | Yuri Arabov Nikolai Gogol |
| Directed by | Pavel Lungin |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | Russia |
| Original language | Russian |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Pavel Lungin Olga Vasilieva Arkady Tsimbler |
| Cinematography | Sergei Astakhov |
| Production company | Pavel Lungin Studio |
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| Network | |
The Case of "Dead Souls" (Russian: Дело о «Мёртвых душах», romanized: Delo o «Myortvykh dushakh») is a 2005 Russian television miniseries directed by Pavel Lungin loosely based on various stories by Nikolai Gogol, including Dead Souls.[1][2][3]
The collegiate registrar Ivan Shiller (Pavel Derevyanko) is sent to the provincial city of N to investigate the disappearance of fraudster Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov (Konstantin Khabensky) from prison. He is obstructed by city officials who are led by Governor A.A. Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky (Sergei Garmash). After going through the investigation through a series of meetings of strange encounters, Schiller himself turns into Chichikov in the finale...