Summary
The year 1829. Nikolay Gogol, a young Third Section clerk, is desperate: his own books seem shallow and mediocre, so he keeps buying entire print runs just to burn them all. He is suffering from violent epileptic seizures and struggles to keep on working. Investigator Yakov Guro accidentally witnesses one such fit and realizes that Gogol's visions contain clues that could help solve actual crimes. Together, Gogol and Guro take on a particularly weird and baffling case that brings them to a small village of Dikanka, where everyone has a huge secret to hide.
Details
Release Date: August 31, 2017
Runtime: 100 minutes
Genres: Mystery, Adventure, Thriller, Horror
Original Language: RU
Rating: ⭐ 6.3/10 (96 votes)
Gogol Collection
Gogol. The Beginning
The year 1829. Nikolay Gogol, a young Third Section clerk, is desperate: his own books seem shallow and mediocre, so he keeps buying entire print runs just to burn them all. He is suffering from violent epileptic seizures and struggles to keep on working. Investigator Yakov Guro accidentally witnesses one such fit and realizes that Gogol's visions contain clues that could help solve actual crimes. Together, Gogol and Guro take on a particularly weird and baffling case that brings them to a small village of Dikanka, where everyone has a huge secret to hide.
Gogol. Viy
A mysterious Dark Horseman slays young girls near the village of Dikanka, and he has already butchered 11 ladies. Nikolai Gogol, a scribe from Saint Petersburg has to take charge of the investigation, but the closer he gets to solving the case, the more fits he has, causing macabre visions. When he learns the next victim is his beloved, Liza, he doubts that he can protect her and resist the murderer. Fortunately, he meets somebody who can help him: Khoma Brut, the witch hunter, martial artist and philosopher. Together they spend three dreadful nights in an old chapel reading the funeral service for Ulyana, the witch, and calling upon the ghastly evil spirit Viy.
Gogol. A Terrible Vengeance
Soon after Gogol's death, Binh names him guilty for the deaths of the Cossacks and the young women at the hands of the Dark Horseman, since he was the one who ordered them to be hidden in the barn. Bomgart is unable to perform a post-mortem analysis on the Gogol's body, while Vakula's daughter Vasilina (who secretly has magic abilities) proclaims denial about Gogol's demise.
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Cast
Alexander Petrov
Gogol Nikolay Vasilievich
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
Yevgeni Syty
Yakim
Artem Suchkov
Tesak
Marta Timofeeva
Vasilina
Svetlana Kireeva
Khristina
Evgeny Kapitonov
father Varfolomey
Pavel Derevyanko
Aleksander Pushkin
Dmitriy Bykovskiy-Romashov
Solopiy Cherevik
Ilya Borisov
Popovich
Mariya Myasnikova
Vitaliy Kovalenko
Anastasiya Popova
Andrey Pynzaru
Pavel Grigoryev
Artyom Efremov
Stanislav Lelkhov
Filipp Dyachkov
Dmitry Golovanov