Dead Souls
Episodes
Overview
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
Aleksandr Kalyagin
Чичиков
Yelizaveta Nikishchikhina
жена Собакевича
Larisa Udovichenko
жена Манилова
Lidiya Fedoseyeva-Shukshina
дама просто приятная
Aleksandr Trofimov
Николай Гоголь
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
Плюшкин
Yuri Bogatyryov
Манилов
Tamara Nosova
Коробочка
Vitaliy Shapovalov
Ноздрёв
Vyacheslav Nevinnyy
Собакевич
Inna Churikova
дама приятная во всех отношениях