Dead Souls

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Aleksandr TrofimovNikolai Gogol

Aleksandr KalyaginChichikov

Yuri BogatyryovManilov

Larisa UdovichenkoManilov's wife

Tamara NosovaKorobochka

Viktor SergachyovMizhuyev

Mariya VinogradovaMavra

Innokentiy SmoktunovskiyPlushkin

Vyacheslav NevinnyySobakevich

Inna ChurikovaLady, nice in every respect

Lidiya Fedoseyeva-ShukshinaLady, just nice

Aleksandr PyatkovCast