Dead Souls
7.5
Season 1
70 min
S1 · E1 · Nov 19, 1984
Part 1 Episode 1
70 min
S1 · E2 · Nov 20, 1984
Part 2 Episode 2
70 min
S1 · E3 · Nov 21, 1984
Part 3 Episode 3
70 min
S1 · E4 · Nov 22, 1984
Part 4 Episode 4
70 min
S1 · E5 · Nov 23, 1984
Part 5 Episode 5
5 episodes in Season 1
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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.
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Aleksandr Kalyagin
Чичиков
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Yelizaveta Nikishchikhina
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Aleksandr Trofimov
Николай Гоголь
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Tamara Nosova
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Vitaliy Shapovalov
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Vyacheslav Nevinnyy
Собакевич
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Inna Churikova
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Yuri Bogatyryov
Манилов / Manilov
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Oblomov
Aleksandr Novikov
Poruchik
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Mikhail Shveitser Director · Alfred Schnittke Composer Igor Lemeshev Production designer
Total runtime 5h 50m · Episode length 70 min · Type Miniseries
Show info
Premiered
November 19, 1984
Final episode
November 23, 1984
Status
Ended
Network
Central Television USSR
Country
Russia · Russia
Type
Miniseries
Episode length
70 min
Total runtime
5h 50m
Original language
Russian
Production
Russia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Мёртвые души
Spoken on screen
Russian
Some details come from TheTVDB.