Summary
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.
Details
Release Date: April 5, 2018
Runtime: 99 minutes
Genres: Mystery, Adventure, Drama
Original Language: RU
Rating: ⭐ 6.2/10 (79 votes)
Gogol Collection

Gogol. The Beginning
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.

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

Aleksey Vertkov
Homa Brut

Evgeniy Stychkin
Binh - Investigator

Taisiya Vilkova
Elizaveta Andreevna Danishevskaya - Countess

Artyom Tkachenko
Aleksey Danishevsky - Count, husband of Lisa

Yuliya Frants
Oksana

Yan Tsapnik
Bomgart (doctor)

Sergey Badyuk
Vakula (blacksmith)

Marta Timofeeva
Vasilina (Daughter of Vakula)

Kseniya Razina
Ulyana

Yevgeni Syty
Yakim

Kirill Poluhin
Basavryuk

Yuliya Marchenko
Gogol's mother

Andrey Astrakhantsev
Gogol's father

Artem Suchkov
Tesak

Mariya Antonova
Bazhana

Evgeny Kapitonov
Father Varfolomey

Aleksandr Kononets
Petro

Alina Babak
Darina

Aleksandr Zavyalov
Korzh

Yuriy Utkin
Doctor

Nadezhda Shumilova
Midwife

Svetlana Kireeva
Khristina

Dmitry Golovanov






